Deciding that a life of crime suits them, the gang gets mixed up with a real burglar.Deciding that a life of crime suits them, the gang gets mixed up with a real burglar.Deciding that a life of crime suits them, the gang gets mixed up with a real burglar.
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William Bailey
- Banker
- (uncredited)
Hugh Beaumont
- Judge's Aide
- (uncredited)
Barbara Bedford
- Alfalfa's Mother
- (uncredited)
Margaret Bert
- Slicker's Mother
- (uncredited)
Robert Blake
- Mickey
- (uncredited)
Ray Cooke
- Courtroom Spectator
- (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
- Mr. Stephens
- (uncredited)
Edward Hearn
- Slicker's Father
- (uncredited)
Leonard 'Percy' Landy
- Percy
- (uncredited)
George 'Spanky' McFarland
- Spanky
- (uncredited)
Leila McIntyre
- Mrs. Wilson
- (uncredited)
Roger Moore
- Court Official
- (uncredited)
William Newell
- Alfalfa's Father
- (uncredited)
Harry Strang
- Bank Guard
- (uncredited)
Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer
- Alfalfa
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe 192nd of 220 "Our Gang" shorts released from 1922 to 1944, and the 24th made at MGM.
- GoofsAfter the bank robbery, the cop fires 10 shots from his revolver without reloading.
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where are the gags in this short???
OK, let's see.....
Mickey wants to steal a Venus De Millo statue, but Spanky says it's no good because its arms are gone (he he)
Alfalfa suggests they steal a piano. "Now, where are you gonna hide a big thing like that?!" Spanky cracks. (ho ho)
Buckwheat is so nervous as he makes off with a tambourine, he can't stop shaking it. When told to get rid of it. he throws it on the ground, with a "snip and a haircut" rhythm (ha ha)
Buckwheat is told to whistle if the cops come. He whistles at the sight of a dog. Why? "P-p-police dog!" he says. (Uh...ok)
When the Gang is hiding, an unseen skunk is nearby. When the kids smell it, they think the police are using tear gas to get them to surrender (Right! Ha!)
Well, you get the point.
Even worse than the relative lack of gags is the fact that this short is really REALLY blatant as it drives home a lesson: not just to the kids who intended to commit a crime, but to the parents for not listening to their kids. MGM has been guilty of teaching-a-lesson shorts before, but this!?
Oh, well, even the worst films have at least ONE good moment and here it is: at the end, the kids are proud to be on the straight and narrow, when all of a sudden, they hear a "police siren" headed their way, and they all run; it turned out to be a siren on a boy's bicycle zipping by. That was pretty funny (though not as funny as the kids' forced laughter would indicate).
Mickey wants to steal a Venus De Millo statue, but Spanky says it's no good because its arms are gone (he he)
Alfalfa suggests they steal a piano. "Now, where are you gonna hide a big thing like that?!" Spanky cracks. (ho ho)
Buckwheat is so nervous as he makes off with a tambourine, he can't stop shaking it. When told to get rid of it. he throws it on the ground, with a "snip and a haircut" rhythm (ha ha)
Buckwheat is told to whistle if the cops come. He whistles at the sight of a dog. Why? "P-p-police dog!" he says. (Uh...ok)
When the Gang is hiding, an unseen skunk is nearby. When the kids smell it, they think the police are using tear gas to get them to surrender (Right! Ha!)
Well, you get the point.
Even worse than the relative lack of gags is the fact that this short is really REALLY blatant as it drives home a lesson: not just to the kids who intended to commit a crime, but to the parents for not listening to their kids. MGM has been guilty of teaching-a-lesson shorts before, but this!?
Oh, well, even the worst films have at least ONE good moment and here it is: at the end, the kids are proud to be on the straight and narrow, when all of a sudden, they hear a "police siren" headed their way, and they all run; it turned out to be a siren on a boy's bicycle zipping by. That was pretty funny (though not as funny as the kids' forced laughter would indicate).
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- marjcbs
- Oct 2, 2004
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- $20,466 (estimated)
- Runtime10 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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