Let's Get Tough! (1942)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Wallace Fox

Writer:

Harvey Gates (original story and screenplay)

Release Date:

29 May 1942 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Those East Side shock troops deliver a "kiss" to Hitler's and Hirohito's henchmen over here...

Plot:

The East Side Kids take on a gang of Japanese spies.

Plot Keywords:

Japanese | Chinese | East Side Kids | Brother | New York City

Cast

Leo Gorcey	...	Muggs
Bobby Jordan	...	Danny Connors
Huntz Hall	...	Glimpy
Gabriel Dell	...	Fritz Heinbach
Tom Brown	...	Phil Connors
Florence Rice	...	Nora Stevens
Robert Armstrong	...	Officer 'Pops' Stevens
David Gorcey	...	Peewee
Ernest Morrison	...	Scruno (as Sunshine Sammy Morrisson)
Bobby Stone	...	Skinny
Sam Bernard	...	Heinback Sr.
Philip Ahn	...	Joe Matsui (as Phil Ahn)
Jerry Bergen	...	Music Master

Also Known As:

Little MacArthurs (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

62 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #8317) | USA:TV-G (TV rating)

Company:

Banner Productions

Movie Connections:

Followed by Block Busters (1944)

The East Side Kids vs. The Japs

Propaganda pro-American war effort film that came out in 1942 has the East Side Kids getting tough against any Japanese they spot in their own neighborhood when they learn they're too young to enlist. Ultimately they learn they were mistaken in their mistrust of some individuals but also happen to stumble across a spy ring they then set out to bust. The film is harmless enough in its fashion although some may well take offense given how innocent Asians really did get singled out during the Second World War. Overall though, it's a pretty generic effort and both Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall would have better moments, the best of which tend to come here when they ad-lib.