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Live Wires (1946)

Live Wires poster
Directed by
Phil Karlson
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 05m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of friends get into comedic scrapes and misunderstandings. It is the first film in a series that follows the antics of the Bowery Boys.

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What happens

Live Wires is a 1946 film starring the comedy team of The Bowery Boys. It is the first film in the series, which lasted until 1958 and included forty-eight films, after the comedy team of the East Side Kids was revamped and renamed The Bowery Boys. The last entry in the series was In the Money, which was released by Allied Artists in 1958. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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