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East Side Kids (1940)

East Side Kids poster
Directed by
Robert F. Hill
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 02m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of young friends from a city neighborhood get into various misadventures. It is the first movie in a series about their antics.

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What happens

East Side Kids is a 1940 film and the first in the East Side Kids film series. It is the only one not to star any of the original six Dead End Kids. The film was released by producer Sam Katzman. This was also his first project at Monogram Pictures, which he joined shortly after the folding of his company Victory Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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