Live Wires


Live Wires is a 1946 film starring the comedy team of The Bowery Boys. It is the first film in the series, which lasted until 1958 and included forty-eight films, after the comedy team of the East Side Kids was revamped and renamed The Bowery Boys.
The last entry in the series was In the Money, which was released by Allied Artists in 1958.

Plot

Slip Mahoney has trouble keeping a job. Each one he finds leads to an altercation and he loses it, disappointing his sister whom he lives with. Eventually Sach helps him obtain a job with the District Attorney where he finds some success. Through a series of events, Slip and Sach help capture several notorious gangsters, including one that was about to flee the country with his sister.

Cast

The Bowery Boys

released the film on made-to-order DVD in the United States as part of "The Bowery Boys, Volume One" on November 23, 2012.