Poverty Row Classics Double Feature #2: East Side Kids (1940) / Let's Get Tough (1940)

Two-disc set includes: East Side Kids (1940)Streetwise teens take center stage in the first entry of Monogram's popular East Side Kids series, as a reformed tough-turned-cop tries to steer them straight-and clear an innocent man of murder. When the boys are duped into passing counterfeit bills, their mentor is disgraced and forced to prove both his innocence and theirs by tracking a ruthless counterfeiting ring. Danger mounts in a fast-paced chase through the city's back alleys and rooftops. Leon Ames, Joyce Bryant, and Dave O'Brien head the cast in this gritty, action-packed comedy-drama. 62 min. BW/Rtg: NR Let's Get Tough! (1942)The East Side Kids pitch in on the home front in this energetic mix of comedy, intrigue, and wartime patriotism. Too young to enlist, Muggs (Leo Gorcey) and the gang stumble onto a shadowy espionage plot after a neighborhood incident leads them to a coded message-and a dangerous ring of saboteurs operating in plain sight. Determined to prove themselves, the boys play amateur detectives, navigating secret hideouts, double identities, and mounting peril. Huntz Hall and Bobby Jordan lead the series regulars, with Gabriel Dell and Robert Armstrong co-starring. 62 min. BW/Rtg: NR