Let's Go Navy!

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!
Theatrical poster
Directed by	William Beaudine
Produced by	Jan Grippo
Written by	Max Adams Bert Lawrence (add. dialogue)
Starring	Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall David Gorcey William Benedict
Music by	Edward J. Kay
Cinematography	Marcel LePicard
Edited by	William Austin
Production company	Monogram Pictures
Distributed by	Monogram Pictures
Release date	July 29, 1951
Running time	68 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

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 the Navy captain helping, they are able to capture the crooks. They return to the navy office to receive their commendations, but are mistakenly re-enlisted!

Cast

The Bowery Boys

• Leo Gorcey as Terrance Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
• Huntz Hall as Horace Debussy 'Sach' Jones
• William Benedict as Whitey
• David Gorcey as Chuck
• Buddy Gorman as Butch

Remaining cast

• Bernard Gorcey as Louie Dumbrowski
• Allen Jenkins as Chief Petty Officer Mervin Longnecker
• Tom Neal as Joe
• Charlita as Princess Papoola
• Richard Benedict as Red
• Paul Harvey as Lieutenant Commander O. Tannen
• Jonathan Hale as Captain
• Emory Parnell as Police Sergeant Mulloy
• Douglas Evans as Lieutenant Smith
• Ray Walker as Lt. Bradley
• Frank Jenks as Shell game sailor

Production

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 be cause he "wasn't particularly proud of doing a Bowery Boy [film]".[2]

Home media

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

1. Hayes, David and Brent Walker (1984). The Films of The Bowery Boys Secaucus, NJ: Citadel Press.
2. Writers Guild Foundation, (video; starts at 9:20 minutes). "The Writer Speaks: Leonard Stern (interview)". Youtube. Retrieved 21 September 2020.

External links

• Let's Go Navy! at IMDb
• Let's Go Navy! at the TCM Movie Database
• Let's Go Navy! at AllMovie