News Hounds

About News Hounds

Slip and Sach are working for a local newspaper as a reporter and photographer, respectively. Slip wants to get the goods on a local gambling ring that is fixing sporting events, so he and Sach go undercover to expose the ring.

News Hounds is a 1947 comedy crime film directed by William Beaudine. Its themes are gambling, newspaper, and bowery boys.

Leo Gorcey appears as Terence J. Montgomery 'Slip' Mahoney, Huntz Hall as Horace Debussy 'Sach' Jones, Bobby Jordan as Bobby, and Gabriel Dell as Gabe. Released in August 1947, it runs 68 minutes.

The screenplay is by Edmond Seward and Tim Ryan.

Big Town After Dark make useful companions to News Hounds.