Mr. Hex

Mr. Hex
Mr. Hex
Directed by	William Beaudine
Written by	(story); Cy Endfield
Produced by	Jan Grippo; Cy Endfield
Starring	Leo Gorcey; Huntz Hall; Bobby Jordan; William Benedict; Gabriel Dell
Cinematography	James S. Brown Jr.
Edited by	Richard Currier
Music by	Edward J. Kay
Distributed by	Monogram Pictures
Release date	November 9, 1946;
Running time	63 minutes
Language	English

Mr. Hex is a 1946 film directed by William Beaudine and starring the comedy team of The Bowery Boys.^[1] It is the fifth film in the series.

Plot[]

The boys are trying to raise money for their friend Gloria. She has to give up her aspiring singing career in order to stay home and take care of her sick mother. Slip comes up with the idea to hypnotize Sach into thinking he is an unbeatable fighter so that they can enter him into a contest to win $2,500. Meanwhile, Gabe brokers a deal with a crooked nightclub owner to give Gloria the big break she has been waiting for. The nightclub owner then hires a ringer to fight Sach as well as his own hypnotist to counter Slip's control over Sach in order to collect a fortune from everyone who has bet on Sach.

The resulting match has Sach going back and forth from being hypnotized to being aware of reality. In the end Gabe gets shot trying to expose the crooked nightclub owner and wins Gloria's heart. Slip then decides to hypnotize Sach again in order to make him into a wrestler.

Cast[]

The Bowery Boys[]

Leo Gorcey as Terrance 'Slip' Mahoney
Huntz Hall as Sach Sullivan
Bobby Jordan as Bobby
William Benedict as Whitey
David Gorcey as Chuck

Remaining cast[]

Gabriel Dell as Gabe
Bernard Gorcey as Louie Dumbrowski
Gale Robbins as Gloria Williams
Ian Keith as Raymond (the hypnotist)

Production[]

This is the first film in which Sach is given a last name (Sullivan), however it isn't the familiar name used in latter films of the series (Jones).

Home media[]

Warner Archives released the film on made-to-order DVD in the United States as part of "The Bowery Boys, Volume Four" on August 26, 2014.

References[]

^ Hayes, David (1982). The Films of the Bowery Boys. Secaucus, NJ: The Citadel Press. p. 92. ISBN 978-0806509310.

External links[]

Mr. Hex at IMDb

Preceded by Spook Busters 1946	'The Bowery Boys' movies 1946-1958	Succeeded by Hard Boiled Mahoney 1947

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[1] Hayes, David (1982). The Films of the Bowery Boys. Secaucus, NJ: The Citadel Press. p. 92. ISBN 978-0806509310.

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