Good Bad Boys

1940 American film

September 7, 1940 (1940-09-07)

Running time

10:58CountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Good Bad Boys is a 1940 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Edward Cahn. It was the 192nd Our Gang short to be released.^[1]

Plot

Slicker steals an orange from a fruit stand, and Alfalfa is wrongfully accused and punished for it. An angry Alfalfa decides to get even with his parents by embarking upon a life of crime. To that end, he enlists the other kids as his "mob." Hoping to deflect his pals from this drastic action, Spanky decides to teach the gang a lesson. He tricks the kids into thinking they have been burglarizing a house, when in fact they are merely helping their neighbor Mrs. Wilson clean out her junk.

Things take an unexpected turn when a real-life fugitive from justice chooses the gang's clubhouse as his hideout, with the cops hot on his heels. Assuming the police are after them, Alfalfa and the gang confess to their "crime," not knowing what the real crime committed by the real criminal was. The next morning they are arraigned and Spanky comes in with Mrs. Wilson to explain what had really happened. Meanwhile, Slicker is being arraigned with his mother for what seems to be an unrelated crime.^[2]

Cast

The Gang

Mickey Gubitosi as Mickey
George McFarland as Spanky
Carl Switzer as Alfalfa
Billie Thomas as Buckwheat
Leonard Landy as Leonard

Additional cast

Freddie Walburn as Slicker
Hugh Beaumont as Judge's assistant
Barbara Bedford as Alfalfa's mother
Margaret Bert as Slicker's mother
Byron Foulger as Store owner, Mr. Stephens
George Lessey as Judge Kincaid
Al Hill as Burglar
Liela McIntyre as Mrs. Wilson
Roger Moore as Court Official (as Joe Young)
William Newell as Alfalfa's father
Harry Strang as Banker
Emmett Vogan as Police officer

References

^ Maltin, Leonard; Bann, Richard W. (1977). Our Gang: The Life and Times of the Little Rascals. Crown Publishers. p. 238. ISBN 978-0-517-52675-0. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
^ Hal Erickson (2011). "New York Times: Good-Bad-Boys". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2008.