Gas House Kids

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Gas House Kids
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Film poster
Directed bySam Newfield
Written by
Produced bySigmund Neufeld
Starring
CinematographyJack Greenhalgh
Edited by
Music byLeo Erdody
Production
company
Distributed byProducers Releasing Corporation
Release date
October 9, 1946
Running time
71 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Gas House Kids is a 1946 American comedy-drama film directed by Sam Newfield and starring Robert Lowery, Billy Halop and Teala Loring. It was followed by two sequels Gas House Kids Go West and Gas House Kids in Hollywood, both released in 1947. A group of unruly New York City children from the Gas House District battle a criminal gang. Along with several other series made at the time, it was inspired by the Dead End Kids.[1]

Cast[]

  • Robert Lowery as Eddie O'Brien
  • Billy Halop as Tony Albertini
  • Teala Loring as Colleen Flanagan
  • Carl Switzer as Sammy Levine
  • David Reed as Pat Flanagan
  • Rex Downing as Mickey Papopalous
  • Rocco Lanzo as Gus Schmidt
  • Hope Landin as Mrs. O'Brien
  • Ralph Dunn as Detective O'Hara
  • Paul Bryar as Shadow Sarecki
  • Charles C. Wilson as Inspector Shannon

References[]

  1. ^ AFI Catalog p.858-859

Bibliography[]

  • The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1941 - 1950: Feature Films. University of California Press, 1999.

External links[]

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