Live Wires

January. 12,1946 NR

Rating：

6.1

Genre：

Comedy Thriller Crime

Keywords：

Bowery Boys

Trailer Synopsis Cast

Slip gets fired from his job at a construction company for decking his boss. His sister, who got him a job at the company, is angry with him. Slip manages to get a job with the District Attorney serving warrants, as does Sach. Through his job, Slip finds out that all is not quite kosher at his old construction company, and that his sister may be in danger.

Leo Gorcey as Terrence 'Slip' Mahoney

Huntz Hall as 'Sach' Jones

Mike Mazurki as Patsy 'Pat' Clark

Bobby Jordan as Bobby

William Benedict as Whitey (as Billy Benedict)

William Frambes as Homer

Claudia Drake as Jeanette

Pamela Blake as Mary Mahoney

John Eldredge as Herbert L. Sayers

Bernard Gorcey as Jack Kane

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