Johnny Duncan

A small town is shaken when a high school girl's death is ruled suicide — until a reporter and a detective dig into the dance halls and shady hangouts preying on local teens. June Carlson, Fifi D'Orsay, and Margia Dean star in this PRC "juvenile delinquency" exposé, wartime exploitation fare that mixed moral panic with low-budget crime thrills. Directed by Albert Herman. It is in the public domain after its copyright was not renewed.

Crime · Drama

The East Side Kids — Muggs (Leo Gorcey), Glimpy (Huntz Hall), and the gang — rescue millionaire John Cortland from a mugging, and his gratitude lands them in a world of swank they were never built for. The good turn sours when the boys discover a friend has been recruited by the crooks behind a string of robberies, and Muggs has to choose between loyalty and doing right. One of the tighter entries in Monogram's long-running East Side Kids series, with the usual mix of slapstick, Bowery slang, and last-reel fisticuffs under series regular Wallace Fox. Sam Katzman produced, as he did for most of the gang's pictures. The film entered the public domain through non-renewal of copyright.

Comedy · Crime