Hot Shots (1956 film)

1956 film by Jean Yarbrough

Hot Shots

Theatrical release poster

Directed by| Jean Yarbrough
Written by| Jack Townley
Produced by| Ben Schwalb
Starring| Huntz Hall
Cinematography| Harry Neumann
Edited by| Neil Brunnenkant
Music by| Marlin Skiles
Distributed by| Allied Artists Pictures

Release date

* December 23, 1956 (1956-12-23)

Running time

| 61 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

Hot Shots is a 1956 American comedy film starring The Bowery Boys.[1] The film was released on December 23, 1956 by Monogram Pictures and is the forty-third film in the series. It was directed by Jean Yarbrough and written by Jack Townley.

## Plot

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A spoiled child television star steals Sach and Duke's car. After retrieving the vehicle, the duo "teach the kid a lesson". Television executives, who are disgruntled by the child, are impressed by the duo who are then hired to watch after the boy. The child's uncle/manager is not happy with Sach and Duke's influence over the child so he gets the two fired and then kidnaps the boy for ransom, to cover up his stealing the boy's earnings. Sach and Duke then rescue him.

## Cast

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### The Bowery Boys

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* Huntz Hall as Horace Debussy 'Sach' Jones
* Stanley Clements as Stanislaus 'Duke' Coveleskie
* David Gorcey as Charles 'Chuck' Anderson
* Jimmy Murphy as Myron

### Remaining cast

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* Phil Phillips as Joey Munroe
* Joi Lansing as Connie Forbes
* Queenie Smith as Mrs. Kate Kelly
* Robert Shayne as P.M. Morley
* Mark Dana as George Slater
* Henry Rowland as Karl
* Isabel Randolph as Mrs. Taylor
* Ray Walker as Capt. W.K. Wells
* Emory Parnell as B. L.Taylor

## Production

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Hot Shots is noted as being one of the last seven titles in the series filmed after the departure of Leo Gorcey.

Introduction film for spirited child actor Phil Phillips who totally disappeared from the scene after a spurt of film and television credits running eight years in length.

## 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 Three" on October 1, 2013.

## References

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1. ^ Hayes, David (1984). The Films of the Bowery Boys. Secaucus, NJ: The Citadel Press. ISBN 978-0806509310.

## External links

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* Hot Shots at IMDb
* Hot Shots at the TCM Movie Database
* Hot Shots at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

Preceded by

Fighting Trouble
1956

|  'The Bowery Boys' movies
1946-1958  | Succeeded by

Hold That Hypnotist
1957

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The Bowery Boys

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* In Fast Company
* Bowery Bombshell
* Spook Busters
* Mr. Hex
* Hard Boiled Mahoney
* News Hounds
* Bowery Buckaroos
* Angels' Alley
* Jinx Money
* Smugglers' Cove
* Trouble Makers
* Fighting Fools
* Hold That Baby!
* Angels in Disguise
* Master Minds
* Blonde Dynamite
* Lucky Losers
* Triple Trouble
* Blues Busters
* Bowery Battalion
* Ghost Chasers
* Let's Go Navy!
* Crazy Over Horses
* Hold That Line
* Here Come the Marines
* Feudin' Fools
* No Holds Barred
* Jalopy
* Loose in London
* Clipped Wings
* Private Eyes
* Paris Playboys
* The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters
* Jungle Gents
* Bowery to Bagdad
* High Society
* Spy Chasers
* Jail Busters
* Dig That Uranium
* Crashing Las Vegas
* Fighting Trouble
* Hot Shots
* Hold That Hypnotist
* Spook Chasers
* Looking for Danger
* Up in Smoke
* In the Money

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Films directed by Jean Yarbrough

* The Devil Bat (1940)
* Caught in the Act (1941)
* South of Panama (1941)
* King of the Zombies (1941)
* The Gang's All Here (1941)
* Father Steps Out (1941)
* Let's Go Collegiate (1941)
* Top Sergeant Mulligan (1941)
* Man from Headquarters (1942)
* Freckles Comes Home (1942)
* Law of the Jungle (1942)
* So's Your Aunt Emma (1942)
* She's in the Army (1942)
* Lure of the Islands (1942)
* Police Bullets (1942)
* Silent Witness (1943)
* Good Morning, Judge (1943)
* Follow the Band (1943)
* Get Going (1943)
* Hi'ya, Sailor (1943)
* Week-End Pass (1944)
* Moon Over Las Vegas (1944)
* South of Dixie (1944)
* Twilight on the Prairie (1944)
* In Society (1944)
* Under Western Skies (1945)
* Here Come the Co-Eds (1945)
* The Naughty Nineties (1945)
* On Stage Everybody (1945)
* House of Horrors (1946)
* She-Wolf of London (1946)
* Inside Job (1946)
* Cuban Pete (1946)
* The Brute Man (1946)
* The Challenge (1948)
* Shed No Tears (1948)
* The Creeper (1948)
* Henry, the Rainmaker (1949)
* The Mutineers (1949)
* Leave It to Henry (1949)
* Angels in Disguise (1949)
* Holiday in Havana (1949)
* Master Minds (1949)
* Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey (1950)
* Square Dance Katy (1950)
* Father Makes Good (1950)
* Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance (1950)
* Sideshow (1950)
* Triple Trouble (1950)
* Big Timber (1950)
* According to Mrs. Hoyle (1951)
* Casa Manana (1951)
* Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)
* Lost in Alaska (1952)
* Night Freight (1955)
* Crashing Las Vegas (1956)
* The Women of Pitcairn Island (1956)
* Hot Shots (1956)
* Footsteps in the Night (1957)
* Yaqui Drums (1956)
* Saintly Sinners (1962)
* Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967)
* The Over-the-Hill Gang (1969)

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