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Clipped Wings (1953 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Clipped Wings' is a 1953 comedy film starring The Bowery Boys. The film was released on August 14, 1953 by Allied Artists and is the thirty-first film in the series.
Plot
The boys' friend, Dave Moreno, is being held for treason by the U.S. Air Force. Slip and Sach go to headquarters to help Dave, but mistakenly enlist. Sach is also mistakenly assigned to a WAF barracks. When the boys finally do visit Dave he tells them he does not need help, as he is secretly being used to capture enemy agents. Undeterred by Dave's words, the boys continue to investigate and Slip and Sach wind up airborne. Good luck allows them to land safely, just where the spies are hiding out. They capture the spies and Dave's true mission is revealed.
Cast
The Bowery Boys
*Leo Gorcey as Terrance Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney*Huntz Hall as Horace Debussy 'Sach' Jones
*David Gorcey as Chuck Anderson (Credited as David Condon)
*Bennie Bartlett as Butch Williams
Remaining cast
Production
In a prime example of product placement the "Atomic Jet" amusement coin-operated ride form Nat Cohn's Riteway Sales that appeared in the film and advertising material was offered to be installed in every theatre that showed 'Clipped Wings'pp. 117-118 Erickson, Hal 'Military Comedy Films: A Critical Survey and Filmography of Hollywood Releases Since 1918' McFarland, 7 Aug 2012p. 85 'Motion Picture Atomic Jet Promotion to Get Underway' 'Billboard' 20 Jun 1953
Home media
Released on VHS by Warner Brothers on September 1, 1998.
Warner Archives released the film on made-to-order DVD in the United States as part of '"The Bowery Boys, Volume Two"' on April 9, 2013.
References
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