Follow the Leader (1944)
ActionDramaCrimeComedyAdventure
Muggs and Glimpy, two East Side Kids in the army, return to their neighborhood, supposedly on furlough; actually, Muggs has been honorably discharged with a physical defect, but he tells no one of this. Danny, another East Side kid, is in jail because a large amount of medical supplies have been stolen from the warehouse where he works. Muggs see Spider, a new member of the gang, flashing a large amount of money around, and Muggs shrewdly turns toughie, boasting that he has a dishonorable discharge because of thievery. This leads Spider to confide in Muggs that he is the one who has been aiding in the theft of supplies from the warehouse, and he gets paid for the loot by Larry, operator of a nightclub where Muggs' sister, Milly, is an entertainer. Fingers, a henchman for Larry, kills Spider when he learns that Muggs has been let in on the operation. The police then suspect Muggs of killing Spider.
Director: William Beaudine
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Leo Gorcey as Muggs McGinnis |
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Huntz Hall as Glimpy Freedhoff |
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Gabriel Dell as W.W. "Fingers" Belmont |
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Joan Marsh as Milly McGinnis |
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Jack La Rue as Larry |
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Bryant Washburn as Colonel |
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William Benedict as Spider O'Brien |
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David Durand as Danny |
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Bobby Stone as Speed |
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Jimmy Strand as Dave |
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Buddy Gorman as Skinny Bogerty |
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Gene Austin as |
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Bernard Gorcey as |
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Mary Gordon as |
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Marie Windsor as |
| Sound | Glen Glenn | Sound |
| Production | Barney A. Sarecky | Associate Producer |
| Editing | Carl Pierson | Editor |
| Art | E.R. Hickson | Set Decoration |
| Writing | William Beaudine | Writer |
| Production | Sam Katzman | Producer |
| Writing | Ande Lamb | Story |
| Writing | Beryl Sachs | Writer |
| Directing | William Beaudine | Director |
| Production | Jack Dietz | Producer |
| Camera | Marcel Le Picard | Director of Photography |
