Docks of New York

One of the best of the "East Side Kids" series to come from Sam Katzman and Jack Dietz, producers, this film captures interest in the opening scenes and holds it to the end. Harvey Gates has written a screenplay of higher entertainment value than that generally provided for this type of picture, and his dialogue gets plenty of chuckles. The Kids stumble into a complicated international situation when they find a valuable diamond necklace in an alley. Later events disclose that the necklace belongs to a refugee princess living incognito in the rooming house run by the mother of one of the Kids. The princess' cousin has designs not only upon the necklace, but upon the princess' throne as well. He plots to steal the jewels and murder the princess, but is thwarted at every turn by the Kids. Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall furnish most of the comedy, of which there is much and to spare. Cy Kendall distinguishes himself in the role of an international killer.