Kid Dynamite
5.8
“From the SATURDAY EVENING POST story, "THE OLD GANG," by Paul Ernst”
The East Side boxing champion Muggs answers a challenge to a fight against the West Side champ but just before the match he is kidnapped. His friend Danny Lyons takes his place and wins the fight, only to have Mugs believe that Danny was responsible for his kidnapping.
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Part of East Side Kids Collection
21 films
East Side Kids
Movie · 1940
Boys of the City
Movie · 1940
That Gang of Mine
Movie · 1940
Pride of the Bowery
Movie · 1940
Flying Wild
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Bowery Blitzkrieg
Movie · 1941
Spooks Run Wild
Movie · 1941
Mr. Wise Guy
Movie · 1942
Let's Get Tough
Movie · 1942
Smart Alecks
Movie · 1942
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
Movie · 1942
Kid Dynamite
Movie · 1943
Clancy Street Boys
Movie · 1943
Ghosts on the Loose
Movie · 1943
Mr. Muggs Steps Out
Movie · 1943
Million Dollar Kid
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Block Busters
Movie · 1944
Bowery Champs
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Docks of New York
Movie · 1945
Mr. Muggs Rides Again
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Come Out Fighting
Movie · 1945
Cast
27 people
Leo Gorcey
Muggs McGinnis
Known for
Angels with Dirty Faces
Dead End
'Snub' Pollard
Dance Official
Huntz Hall
Glimpy McGleavey
Known for
Angels with Dirty Faces
Dead End
Bobby Jordan
Danny Lions
Known for
Angels with Dirty Faces
Dead End
Gabriel Dell
Harry Wycoff
Known for
Angels with Dirty Faces
Earthquake
Pamela Blake
Ivy McGinnis
Known for
This Gun for Hire
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Benny Bartlett
Beanie Miller
Also in
The Texas Rangers
13 Hours by Air
Sunshine Sammy Morrison
Scruno Jackson
Also in
The Buccaneers
The Pickaninny
Bobby Stone
Stoney Stone
Also in
Kissin' Cousins
Down Argentine Way
David Durand
Skinny Collins
Also in
Pleased to Mitt You
A Criminal Is Born
Vince Barnett
Klinkhammer
Known for
Scarface
The Killers
Daphne Pollard
Mrs. McGinnis
Known for
Our Relations
Bonnie Scotland
Wallace Fox Director · Gerald Schnitzer Screenplay Paul Ernst Story
United States release February 5, 1943 · Produced in United States · Production Monogram Pictures
Production
Banner Productions
Production
Monogram Pictures
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · February 5, 1943
Theatrical
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