The Bowery Boys join the Navy to catch some crooks who are posing as sailors.The Bowery Boys join the Navy to catch some crooks who are posing as sailors.The Bowery Boys join the Navy to catch some crooks who are posing as sailors.
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Did you know
- TriviaShot in six days.
- GoofsStay attentive during that scene below decks when Slip and the gang attempt to search the sleeping Marines for the 'Marie' tattoo. Speaking to Butch (Buddy Gorman) and Chuck (David Gorcey), Slip (Leo Gorcey) calls his real life brother 'Dave' instead of using his character's name in the story. No, not really. Slip never says "Dave" but he points to Butch then Chuck and says "You and Butch take that side." He points to the wrong guys as he says this. It should be to Chuck and then Butch.
- Quotes
Lt. Cmdr. O. Tannen: How long have you been in the Navy?
Horace Debussy 'Sach' Jones: Oh, seven months, sir. How long have you been in?
Lt. Cmdr. O. Tannen: [a double take] Did you go to boot camp?
Horace Debussy 'Sach' Jones: Yes, sir, but I diidn't care much for it.
Lt. Cmdr. O. Tannen: [growly] How can you wear a tie like that?
Horace Debussy 'Sach' Jones: Oh, it's very simple. You see, you take the knot and you untie it like this...
Lt. Cmdr. O. Tannen: [pulling Sach's hands off his tie] I don't know know how you got in the Navy!
Horace Debussy 'Sach' Jones: Oh, it's a very interesting story and I'm glad you asked me. Ya see, sir, we went down to the recruiting officer to report a robbery...
Lt. Cmdr. O. Tannen: Never mind!
Horace Debussy 'Sach' Jones: Well, ya ASKED me!
- ConnectionsFeatured in 100 Years of Comedy (1997)
- SoundtracksThe Sailor's Hornpipe
(uncredited)
Traditional hornpipe melody
The cops aren't much help so Slip decides that the best way to find two sailors is to join the navy, temporarily. One of the thieves has a distinctive tattoo on his chest. So, they sign up and are assigned to a battleship, which they proceed to demolish with their own brand of deck swabbing. Sach somehow acquires a talking parrot, which turns out to be the smartest member of The Bowery Boys gang. Slip falls prey to a fast moving shell game, but Sach plays and manages to recover the lost money with some to spare. That is, with an assist from the parrot.
The funniest bits occur with the deck swabbing, and when Sach crawls into the barrel of a naval gun, which about to be fired.
Meanwhile, back at Louie's Sweet Shop, the robbers have been renting the room above the place. They turn out to be phony sailors, but how are the guys going to nab them?
Watch early in the movie for Tom Kennedy as police officer Donovan, who talks to Slip about the robbery. He is best remembered as Detective Gahagan in the "Torchy Blane" series.
Louie's role is somewhat diminished but Chuck, Butch, and Whitey all have increased screen time and lines.
Let's Go Navy (1951) is one of the better entries in the Bowery Boys series.
- hogwrassler
- Feb 20, 2022
Details
- Runtime1 hour 8 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1