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Live Wires(1946)
Status: Released
Date: 1946-01-12
56%
7 Votes
Time: 1h 5m
They'll Short-Circuit Your Funnybone!
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Monogram Pictures
Movie: Live Wires
Top 10 Billed Cast
Leo Gorcey
Terrence 'Slip' Mahoney
Huntz Hall
'Sach' Jones
Mike Mazurki
Patsy 'Pat' Clark
Bobby Jordan
Bobby
William Benedict
Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
William Frambes
Homer
Claudia Drake
Jeanette
Pamela Blake
Mary Mahoney
John Eldredge
Herbert L. Sayers
Bernard Gorcey
Jack Kane
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Overview
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.
Release Date
1946-01-12
Average
5.643
Rating:
2.8 startsTagline
They'll Short-Circuit Your Funnybone!
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