TCM Schedule for Thursday, August 29, 2024 - Summer Under The Stars: Leo Gorcey

Gorcey films are shown today mostly in order. He was 21 in 1938.

All times Eastern



Leo Gorcey, center, with some of the Bowery Boys gang

6:00 AM | Crime School (1938)
A crusading warden sets out to improve conditions at a reform school.
Dir: Lewis Seiler | Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Gale Page, Leo Gorcey

7:30 AM | Hell's Kitchen (1939)
An ex-convict's attempts to help abused boys living in a New York City's Hell's Kitchen.
Dir: Lewis Seiler | Cast: Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan, Leo Gorcey

9:00 AM | On Dress Parade (1939)
A group of delinquents get shipped to military school.
Dir: William Clemens | Cast: Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan, Leo Gorcey

10:15 AM | Spooks Run Wild (1941)
A group of delinquents on their way to summer camp get stuck in a haunted house.
Dir: Phil Rosen | Cast: Bela Lugosi, Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan

11:30 AM | Ghosts on the Loose (1943)
A gang of street toughs take on Nazi spies.
Dir: William Beaudine | Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan

12:45 PM | Sunday Punch (1942)
A young girl copes with a boarding house full of boxers.
Dir: David Miller | Cast: William Lundigan, Jean Rogers, Dan Dailey Jr.

2:15 PM | Maisie Gets Her Man (1942)
A Brooklyn showgirl launches a stage act with a hick comic.
Dir: Roy Del Ruth | Cast: Ann Sothern, Red Skelton, Leo Gorcey

3:45 PM | Born to Sing (1942)
Fledgling entertainers put on a show for Uncle Sam.
Dir: Edward Ludwig | Cast: Virginia Weidler, Ray Mcdonald, Leo Gorcey

5:15 PM | Live Wires (1946)
In their first film, the Bowery Boys tackle gangsters.
Dir: Phil Karlson | Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Mike Mazurki

6:30 PM | News Hounds (1947)
When they get newspaper jobs, the Bowery Boys take on a sport-fixing mob.
Dir: William Beaudine | Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan

8:00 PM | Angels in Disguise (1949)
The Bowery Boys go undercover to expose a gang.
Dir: Jean Yarbrough | Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell

9:15 PM | Blonde Dynamite (1950)
The Bowery Boys get into the escort service and get mixed up with crooks.
Dir: William Beaudine | Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Adele Jergens

10:30 PM | Blues Busters (1950)
The Bowery Boys open a club when surgery turns one of them into a singing star.
Dir: William Beaudine | Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Adele Jergens

11:45 PM | Ghost Chasers (1951)
The Bowery Boys take on a fake medium.
Dir: William Beaudine | Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Lloyd Corrigan

1:00 AM | Private Eyes (1953)
The Bowery Boys open a detective agency when one of them develops mind-reading talents.
Dir: Edward Bernds | Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bernard Gorcey

2:15 AM | Bowery to Bagdad (1955)
The Bowery Boys unleash an Arabian nightmare when they find Aladdin's magic lamp.
Dir: Edward Bernds | Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bernard Gorcey

3:30 AM | High Society (1955)
When one of them is mistaken for a society heir, the Bowery Boys move up in the world.
Dir: William Beaudine | Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bernard Gorcey

4:45 AM | Crashing Las Vegas (1956)
The Bowery Boys invade Las Vegas when electric shock turns one of them into a psychic.
Dir: Jean Yarbrough | Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Mary Castle