Way back when I used to see the Bowery Boys every Saturday afternoon during my teen years one of my best memories is this particular film and how the boys won a stock car race event driving backwards. Now that may have spoiled it for some, but I think this film may create new legions of fans for them when they see the hilarious climax.
Of course you will have to swallow the premise that Huntz Hall has become the laboratory assistant to wacky professor Leon Belasco, but Belasco himself looks like he's enjoying being with the boys. They invent a fuel mix which when Leo Gorcey puts in the car it attains speed that approaches what jets do. And of course villain Robert Lowery would like to get his hands on the speed juice.
Gorcey's driving an old Model T which by 1953 would have seen better days by anyone's standards. Where he got the spare parts for it is anyone's guess. But that fuel mix would make any race driver on the NASCAR circuit envious.
This is one of the more memorable Bowery Boys flicks, enjoy.
Of course you will have to swallow the premise that Huntz Hall has become the laboratory assistant to wacky professor Leon Belasco, but Belasco himself looks like he's enjoying being with the boys. They invent a fuel mix which when Leo Gorcey puts in the car it attains speed that approaches what jets do. And of course villain Robert Lowery would like to get his hands on the speed juice.
Gorcey's driving an old Model T which by 1953 would have seen better days by anyone's standards. Where he got the spare parts for it is anyone's guess. But that fuel mix would make any race driver on the NASCAR circuit envious.
This is one of the more memorable Bowery Boys flicks, enjoy.