The thirty-seventh Bowery Boys film is another tired effort that sees an old plot being reused. This time Sach believes he has inherited a fortune so he and the gang go to collect, which leads to comedy gold. Well, more like comedy pyrite. In many ways, the Bowery Boys movies remind me of the Colorforms I used to play with as a kid. You know, those things where you can place characters like Batman into various backgrounds. Well the Bowery Boys did that with plots. They basically would use this sentence as the structure of their entire series: Sach gets ___ and the Bowery Boys must travel to ___. Each movie they fill in the blanks with a different word but it's basically the same thing each time, particularly in the 1950s films.
This one's notable only for the bit of trivia that it was mistakenly nominated for an Oscar because it was confused with the musical of the same name that starred Bing Crosy, Frank Sinatra, and Grace Kelly. There's not much fun to be had here. Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall go through the motions and most of their jokes fall flat. Even Bernard Gorcey, who is usually the bright spot in these things, does nothing to impress here. The other two "boys" aren't worth mentioning. One of the villains is played by Miss Kitty from Gunsmoke, so there's that. The music is also annoying in this one. Fans will want to see it to check it off their list but I doubt anybody else will find it worth their time.
