Dig That Uranium

Dig That Uranium
Directed by	Edward Bernds
Written by	Elwood Ullman
Produced by
Starring	Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall David Gorcey Bernard Gorcey Bennie Bartlett
Cinematography	Harry Neumann
Edited by	William Austin
Music by	Marlin Skiles
Production company	Allied Artists Pictures
Distributed by	Allied Artists Pictures
Release date	January 8, 1956 (1956-01-08)
Running time	61 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Dig That Uranium is a 1956 film starring the comedy team of The Bowery Boys. The film was released on January 8, 1956, by Allied Artists and is the fortieth film in the series.

Plot[]

An old friend of the boys returns to town and tells them stories of getting rich out west. He proceeds to sell them a uranium mine and they head west. When they arrive, local thugs try to chase them off. When they find out the boys own a mine they decide to let them stay in town with the plans to follow them and take the mine from them. Eventually the boys defeat the thugs and find the uranium, only to discover that it is on an Indian reservation and doesn't belong to them.

Cast[]

The Bowery Boys[]

• Leo Gorcey as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
• Huntz Hall as Horace Debussy 'Sach' Jones
• David Gorcey as Charles 'Chuck' Anderson (Credited as David Condon)
• Bennie Bartlett as Butch Williams

Remaining cast[]

• Bernard Gorcey as Louie Dumbrowski
• Raymond Hatton as Hank 'Mac' McGinty
• Harry Lauter as Ron Haskell
• Mary Beth Hughes as Jeanette
• Carl Switzer as Shifty Robinson

Production[]

This film marks the last appearance in the series of Bennie Bartlett, who left, and Bernard Gorcey, who was killed in a car accident on September 11, 1955.^[1]

Home media[]

Warner Archives released the film on made-to-order DVD in the United States as part of "The Bowery Boys, Volume Three" on October 1, 2013.

See also[]

• List of American films of 1956

References[]

External links[]

• Dig That Uranium at IMDb

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