“Jungle Gents” (1954) starring Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall and the Bowery Boys with Woody Stode & Clint Walker! / Z-View

Jungle Gents (1954)

Director:  Edward Bernds

Screenplay: Edward Bernds, Elwood Ullman

Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bernard Gorcey, Laurette Luez, Harry Cording, David Gorcey, Benny Bartlett, Murray Alper, Pat Flaherty, Joel Fluellen, Roy Glenn, Emory Parnell, Emil Sitka, Woody Strode and Clint Walker.

Tagline:  You’ll Go WILD with LAFFS!

The Plot…

Sach’s new medicine gives him the power to smell diamonds. Slip (L. Gorcey), Satch (Hall), Louie (B. Gorcey), and others are headed to the jungles of Africa to find a diamond mine.  Little do the boys know that a group of crooks are following.  Soon the guys are fighting the gangsters and natives.

Where is Anatta (Luez), the Jungle Girl when you need her?

Thoughts (beware of spoilers)…

Clint “Cheyenne” Walker makes his film debut.

Woody Stode appears uncredited as a native.

Jungle Gents (1954) rates 3 of 5 stars.