RyothChatty ridiculous rating

Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

Reptileenbu Did you people see the same film I saw?

Sienna-Rose Mclaughlin The movie really just wants to entertain people.

utgard14 Sach's special power this time is smelling diamonds and the special location the boys are headed to is Africa. Yeah it's time for another misadventure of everybody's favorite group of morons, The Bowery Boys. This is the thirty-fifth entry in the series, of which I'm generally a fan. However, it's pretty obvious not much thought was put into the stories. But that's not the end of the world, provided Leo Gorcey still has some funny malapropisms and Huntz Hall can find new ways to contort his face. I found Huntz flat-out annoying in this one. Leo has some funny lines, though. As usual, Bernard Gorcey is the highlight as the lovable Louie. David Gorcey and Bennie Bartlett are hanging around in the background. Laurette Luez is the obligatory pretty girl this time around. Look out for Clint Walker at the end. It's enjoyable enough for what it is but, like many of the later Bowery Boys films, the first half is the best. So if you start watching it and aren't laughing within the first twenty minutes or so, you're probably not going to.

bkoganbing If as Carol Channing and Marilyn Monroe sang that Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend than it would have been in Lorelei's interest to befriend Huntz Hall because in Jungle Gents a sinus operation has left Sach with a nose that can smell where diamonds are located. What to do with that but go to Africa and do a little prospecting.The whole Bowery Boys gang including Bernard Gorcey who once again leaves Louie's Sweet Shop to accompany Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall and the rest to the Dark Continent. Of course diamonds already mined and out of the ground are easier to find which leads the boys into contact with some smugglers played by Patrick O'Moore and Rudolph Anders.Really at this point the series was sliding downhill. How many more plots can they have where Huntz Hall develops some strange power that gets them all in a jackpot?

pensman The "boys" were getting a bit long in the tooth when they made this film. Huntz Hall was about 35 but did look younger and Gorcey 37. Regardless, for me Leo Gorcey is the real star. His delivery of completely mangled English in this endeavor is hysterical. Yes you have to credit the writers, but Gorcey's delivery sounds genuine which is the gimmick that makes this work. I wonder if a younger audience in one of today's high schools would even recognize the humor resulting from the absurd mispronunciations and malapropisms. The plot is silly but you are watching the Bowery Boys so it's clear your not seeking highbrow comedy. Should you run across this film you won't be disappointed and Clint Walker has a great bit right at the end.

classicsoncall Oh man, where was Johnny Weismuller when you needed him! Wouldn't it have been something if the Bowery Boys ran into Jungle Jim in this African misadventure? Between his jungle flicks and TV shows, Weismuller probably made about as many pictures as the Bowery Boys, the difference being that Slip and Sach were being goofy on purpose, whereas some of Jungle Jim's stories were just unintentionally hokey. That's why I still get such a kick out of both.Well in another story of Sach (Huntz Hall) acquiring an unusual new power, the boys go off to Africa with a jungle trader so Sach can use his nasal ability to sniff out a fortune in diamonds. You know, these movie villains just never figured things out to their advantage. If Sach could lead them to a treasure trove once, you would think they'd want to keep him around to do it over and over again. It's a big world you know.The picture has it's obligatory appearance by a chimpanzee and a few lions, but what - no gorillas! What were they thinking? Every comic jungle movie needs a gorilla - just ask Abbott and Costello ("Africa Screams"). In fact there's only one significant animal dust-up when Sach is inadvertently credited for his defeat of a Simba, compliments of jungle goddess Anatta (Laurette Luez). For his effort, Sach is honored as the Bwana Kubwa Kabashi. Or something like that.For a minute there, with the appearance of German villain Goebel (Rudolph Anders), I thought there was going to be an attempt made at a Nazi connection, a recurring theme in both Jungle Jim and Tarzan pictures. But it all merely boiled down to the Boys finding the gems or having their heads shrunk to a size one and seven eighths. I wonder if Sachola's nose would have shrunk down in proportion.And holy cow!!! - what a way to end the story! Nobody knew him at the time, but today you'll do a quick double take when he appears at the end of the story as a Tarzan-like character - it's Clint Walker!!! So who needs Weissmuller?