Let's Go Navy! is a 1951 comedy film starring The Bowery Boys. The film was released on July 29, 1951, by Monogram Pictures and is the twenty-third film in the series.

Let's Go Navy!
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Directed byWilliam Beaudine
Written byMax Adams
Bert Lawrence
Produced byJan Grippo
StarringLeo Gorcey
Huntz Hall

David Gorcey
William Benedict
CinematographyMarcel LePicard
Edited byWilliam Austin
Music byEdward J. Kay
Production
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Distributed byMonogram Pictures
Release date
  • July 29, 1951 (1951-07-29)
Running time
68 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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A local charity has raised sixteen hundred dollars and entrusted the boys with it. They are then robbed of the cash by two men dressed as sailors. Believing them to be real sailors, and in order to catch them, they enlist in the Navy under fake names. They spend a year at sea, but cannot locate the thieves. However, Sach is able to win two thousand dollars gambling and the boys return to the Bowery. It is there that they are robbed by the same two men, but with their CPO Longnecker helping, they are able to capture the crooks. They return to the navy office to receive their commendations, but are mistakenly re-enlisted!

Cast

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The Bowery Boys

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Remaining cast

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Production

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This is the final Bowery Boys film to feature Buddy Gorman; beginning with the next film in the series, Bennie Bartlett rejoined the group. It is also the last one produced by Jan Grippo, who left the series after his wife died.[1]

The movie was written by Leonard Stern under the pseudonym Max Adams. After co-writing Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town with Martin Ragaway, Stern wanted to try his hand at writing a feature on his own. When he finally got the assignment for Let's Go Navy! he adopted the pseudonym because he "wasn't particularly proud of doing a Bowery Boy [film]".[2]

Home media

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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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  1. ^ Hayes, David (1982). The Films of the Bowery Boys. Secaucus, NJ: The Citadel Press. ISBN 978-0806509310.
  2. ^ Writers Guild Foundation, (video; starts at 9:20 minutes). "The Writer Speaks: Leonard Stern (interview)". Youtube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 21 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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Preceded by 'The Bowery Boys' movies
1946-1958
Succeeded by