Penrod, Sam and the rest of the Jr. G Men go after a gang of murderous bank robbers.Penrod, Sam and the rest of the Jr. G Men go after a gang of murderous bank robbers.Penrod, Sam and the rest of the Jr. G Men go after a gang of murderous bank robbers.
Philip Hurlic
- Vermin Diggs
- (as Philip Hurlick)
Matthew 'Stymie' Beard
- Buzz
- (uncredited)
Georgie Billings
- Junior G-Man
- (uncredited)
Jack Cunningham
- Jack
- (uncredited)
Alan Davis
- Lefty
- (uncredited)
Ralph Dunn
- Joe
- (uncredited)
Sol Gorss
- Hanson's Driver
- (uncredited)
Mildred Gover
- Hattie Diggs
- (uncredited)
Edward Hearn
- 2nd G-Man
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe first in Warner Bros.'s three low-budget Penrod films in the span of a year, the subsequent two being Penrod and His Twin Brother (1938) and Penrod's Double Trouble (1938). As they were not terribly successful, the series was quickly abandoned.
- GoofsAfter the police search the barn, as their car pulls away, large square studio lights are visible in reflection on the vehicle's trunk.
- ConnectionsFollowed by Penrod and His Twin Brother (1938)
- SoundtracksTwinkle, Twinkle Little Star
(uncredited)
Traditional nursery song
[Idiom used in the score as the movie's theme throughout]
Featured review
wow that got dark suddenly
School bully Rodney Bitts keeps picking on little Verman. Penrod Schofield (Billy Mauch) comes to the rescue to fight Rodney. Rodney goes crying to his powerful father who owns the local bank and makes up all kinds of lies about Penrod's criminal gang. Penrod's father works for Rodney's father. In reality, Penrod leads the local boys in a crime solving G-Man group to catch real criminals in their neighborhood. When the bank gets robbed, Verman's mother gets killed in the shootout. The bank robbers and the boys get tangled up.
It's pre-Code and it's a book. Director William Beaudine made the previous silent film adaptation. It's all very Our Gang like for awhile and then somebody's mother dies. That's dark. It's Disney dark. It's a little jarring. While keeping it light would have been better, this is still fine for the kids, I think.
It's pre-Code and it's a book. Director William Beaudine made the previous silent film adaptation. It's all very Our Gang like for awhile and then somebody's mother dies. That's dark. It's Disney dark. It's a little jarring. While keeping it light would have been better, this is still fine for the kids, I think.
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- Dec 11, 2023
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- Runtime1 hour 4 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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