Follow the Leader

Follow the Leader

65 mins | Drama, Crime, Comedy, Action, Adventure | June 3, 1944

Muggs and Glimpy, two East Side Kids in the army, return to their neighborhood, supposedly on furlough; actually, Muggs has been honorably discharged with a physical defect, but he tells no one of this. Danny, another East Side kid, is in jail because a large amount of medical supplies have been stolen from the warehouse where he works. Muggs see Spider, a new member of the gang, flashing a large amount of money around, and Muggs shrewdly turns toughie, boasting that he has a dishonorable discharge because of thievery. This leads Spider to confide in Muggs that he is the one who has been aiding in the theft of supplies from the warehouse, and he gets paid for the loot by Larry, operator of a nightclub where Muggs' sister, Milly, is an entertainer. Fingers, a henchman for Larry, kills Spider when he learns that Muggs has been let in on the operation. The police then suspect Muggs of killing Spider.

Follow the Leader

65 mins | Drama, Crime, Comedy, Action, Adventure | June 3, 1944

Follow the Leader
Muggs and Glimpy, two East Side Kids in the army, return to their neighborhood, supposedly on furlough; actually, Muggs has been honorably discharged with a physical defect, but he tells no one of this. Danny, another East Side kid, is in jail because a large amount of medical supplies have been stolen from the warehouse where he works. Muggs see Spider, a new member of the gang, flashing a large amount of money around, and Muggs shrewdly turns toughie, boasting that he has a dishonorable discharge because of thievery. This leads Spider to confide in Muggs that he is the one who has been aiding in the theft of supplies from the warehouse, and he gets paid for the loot by Larry, operator of a nightclub where Muggs' sister, Milly, is an entertainer. Fingers, a henchman for Larry, kills Spider when he learns that Muggs has been let in on the operation. The police then suspect Muggs of killing Spider.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Banner Productions
Original title Follow the Leader
Directors William Beaudine
Writers Beryl Sachs, Ande Lamb, William Beaudine

Cast

Leo Gorcey

as Muggs McGinnis

Huntz Hall

as Glimpy Freedhoff

Gabriel Dell

as W.W. "Fingers" Belmont

Joan Marsh

as Milly McGinnis

Jack La Rue

as Larry

Bryant Washburn

as Colonel

William Benedict

as Spider O'Brien

David Durand

as Danny

Bobby Stone

as Speed

Jimmy Strand

as Dave

Buddy Gorman

as Skinny Bogerty