This one is one of my favorite and most memorable Bowery Boys Movies, when I saw it as a kid. The Boys travel to the countryside, where a recently deceased relative has bequeathed, to Sach, a piece of real estate. Upon their arrival, Slip, Sach and the Gang encounter a pack of rifle-toting, long-bearded feuding hillbillies named "Smith", who seem to be locked in a perpetual, single-minded quest to shoot anyone from the rival "Jones" Family. I found it hilariously madcap when Sach, after inheriting the property and in order to avoid getting shot at by his new neighbors, tried desperately to pretend that his last name was NOT Jones. When some bad guys come and take the Boys hostage, Slip cleverly turns the Hillbillies loose on the gangsters, by referring repeatedly to every single hoodlum as "Mr. Jones".
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Nice country they ought to put a road in it
sol12189 October 2010
Warning: Spoilers
***SPOILER*** When Sach, aka Horace DeBussy Jones, got the news that his Uncle Zebediah left him his farm deep in hillbilly country below the Mason/Dixon line he and the "Bowery Boys", Slip Butch & Chuck, shot straight down there in their sturdy jalopy to make themselves at home. Unknown to Sach and the boys the name Jones is held beneath contempt, even lower then cow manure, by the people in the area, Hog Liver Hollow, the Smith Clan.
It's been years since there was a Jones living in Hog Liver Hollow and as the Smiths, who had ran the Jones out, heard that a possible Jones, Sach, was now living at the long deserted Jones Farm they lead by their gun toting leader Clem Smith went on the warpath!
Trying to keep his identity secret from the Smith Clan, who were out to blow him away, Sach now calling himself Horace DeBussy No had trouble keeping his true identity secret from them by him always opening his mouth, that Slip immediately closed, and blurting out the word Jones when introducing himself!
It's after when the Hog Liver Hollow Bank was robbed by gang of out of town gangsters lead by Big Jim, who was wounded in the robbery, that the boys good friend from the Bowery sweet shop owner Louie Dumbrowsky showed up unexpectedly and was captured by the Smith Clan in them thinking that Louis was a IRS Agent! Convinced by Sach Slip and the boys that Louie wasn't working for the IRS he was soon involved, in impersonating a doctor, in trying to save the wounded Big Jim's life when he and his gang ended up at the Jones Farm fleeing the local police.
***SPOILERS**** Ironically it was the Smith Clan who came to the boys rescue in Slip, the brains of the Bowery Boys, fooling them into thinking that Big Jim and his gang of bank robbers were in fact Jone's'! This gave Slip and the boys time to both keep Big Jim & Co from making their escape and at the same time knock them off, for all the trouble they caused them, for good measures!
In the end Slip Sach Louie and the boys ended up back north in, home sweet home, the Bowery where life there despite all its problems is a lot less complicated as well as deadly, if your a Jones, then in Hog Liver Hollow's hillbilly country.
It's been years since there was a Jones living in Hog Liver Hollow and as the Smiths, who had ran the Jones out, heard that a possible Jones, Sach, was now living at the long deserted Jones Farm they lead by their gun toting leader Clem Smith went on the warpath!
Trying to keep his identity secret from the Smith Clan, who were out to blow him away, Sach now calling himself Horace DeBussy No had trouble keeping his true identity secret from them by him always opening his mouth, that Slip immediately closed, and blurting out the word Jones when introducing himself!
It's after when the Hog Liver Hollow Bank was robbed by gang of out of town gangsters lead by Big Jim, who was wounded in the robbery, that the boys good friend from the Bowery sweet shop owner Louie Dumbrowsky showed up unexpectedly and was captured by the Smith Clan in them thinking that Louis was a IRS Agent! Convinced by Sach Slip and the boys that Louie wasn't working for the IRS he was soon involved, in impersonating a doctor, in trying to save the wounded Big Jim's life when he and his gang ended up at the Jones Farm fleeing the local police.
***SPOILERS**** Ironically it was the Smith Clan who came to the boys rescue in Slip, the brains of the Bowery Boys, fooling them into thinking that Big Jim and his gang of bank robbers were in fact Jone's'! This gave Slip and the boys time to both keep Big Jim & Co from making their escape and at the same time knock them off, for all the trouble they caused them, for good measures!
In the end Slip Sach Louie and the boys ended up back north in, home sweet home, the Bowery where life there despite all its problems is a lot less complicated as well as deadly, if your a Jones, then in Hog Liver Hollow's hillbilly country.
For fans of the Bowery Boys only.
pmtelefon29 October 2019
I am way behind on the Bowery Boys movies but I am catching up. Most of their movies are pretty funny but, of course, they have a couple of duds too. "Feudin' Fools" belongs somewhere in the middle of the pack. It does have a few laughs but not that many. Thanks to its short running time (63 mins) it doesn't wear out its welcome. "Feudin' Fools" is not one of the Bowery Boys movies that will turn someone into a fan. But if your already familiar with their movies, it's watchable.
another (slow) bowery boyz
ksf-210 July 2020
The usual recipe for a Bowery Boys film... Huntz Hall, Leo Gorcey, and his father and brother, of course. in this chapta, Sach inherits a "plantation", but when they arrive, it's a broken down shack. and that shack is plunk in the middle of the feud between the Smiths and the Joneses. and Sach's last name is JONES! word gets around that a Jones is back in town, so the neighbors start shootin'. and gangsters show up... and the guys have to hold off the Smiths who shoot first and ask questions later. has a one-track plot... kind of drags on and on. ok, we get it, the neighbors don't want any Joneses around. not one of the better episodes. the early ones are so much better. Directed by Bill Beaudine, who made 31 of these with the Bowery Gang, and all in the 1940s and 1950s. Talk about milking the golden goose! this one was pretty much in the middle of the series.
Bowery Boys #27
Michael_Elliott4 November 2010
Feudin' Fools (1952)
* 1/2 (out of 4)
Sach (Huntz Hall) learns that his Southern uncle has left him the family farm so he packs up Slip (Leo Gorcey) and two others and head south. Once there they realize that Sach's family is feuding with another, which leads to many problems but things take a turn for the worse when the boys get mixed up with a bank robber (Lyle Talbot). The shocking thing is that it took the series twenty-seven films before they'd tackle the redneck genre, which had been popular since the silent days. Everyone from Buster Keaton to Abbott and Costello had played city folk traveling to the south and getting involved with rednecks but it took a while for our Bowery Boys. They really should have waited because the jokes here are just downright pathetic, boring and feature not an ounce of imagination. Whenever you watch one of these films you can expect a few jokes to fall on their face but this one here has pretty much everyone of them doing so. I was really surprised to see how poorly written this thing was and the perfect example happens early on when the boys arrive in town and we get a good fifteen-minute sequence of them hiding in the cabin while the rednecks are outside shooting. We get a wide range of jokes from them trying to wave a white flag only to be shot at to the redneck looking in the window and Sach thinking they're a picture. Neither of those scenes are funny and they're actually the best written gags, which is rather scary. Both Gorcey and Hall appear to be mailing in their performances as there's not a touch of energy from either of them and this is especially true of Gorcey. Talbot is clearly just cashing a paycheck and none of the rednecks stick out in a good way. FEUDIN' FOOLS is certainly one of the series low points and it's rather hard getting through the short 63-minutes.
* 1/2 (out of 4)
Sach (Huntz Hall) learns that his Southern uncle has left him the family farm so he packs up Slip (Leo Gorcey) and two others and head south. Once there they realize that Sach's family is feuding with another, which leads to many problems but things take a turn for the worse when the boys get mixed up with a bank robber (Lyle Talbot). The shocking thing is that it took the series twenty-seven films before they'd tackle the redneck genre, which had been popular since the silent days. Everyone from Buster Keaton to Abbott and Costello had played city folk traveling to the south and getting involved with rednecks but it took a while for our Bowery Boys. They really should have waited because the jokes here are just downright pathetic, boring and feature not an ounce of imagination. Whenever you watch one of these films you can expect a few jokes to fall on their face but this one here has pretty much everyone of them doing so. I was really surprised to see how poorly written this thing was and the perfect example happens early on when the boys arrive in town and we get a good fifteen-minute sequence of them hiding in the cabin while the rednecks are outside shooting. We get a wide range of jokes from them trying to wave a white flag only to be shot at to the redneck looking in the window and Sach thinking they're a picture. Neither of those scenes are funny and they're actually the best written gags, which is rather scary. Both Gorcey and Hall appear to be mailing in their performances as there's not a touch of energy from either of them and this is especially true of Gorcey. Talbot is clearly just cashing a paycheck and none of the rednecks stick out in a good way. FEUDIN' FOOLS is certainly one of the series low points and it's rather hard getting through the short 63-minutes.
He's a JONES!!!!
planktonrules8 November 2016
When this film begins, some men come into the malt shop looking for Sach. Apparently, Sach has somehow inherited some land out in the country...in hillbilly country. Soon, Sach, Slip and the rest of the gang are headed to see the Jones Farm. Not surprisingly, the place turns out to be a bit of a dump. To make things worse, it turns out that they've walked into the middle of a feud much like the infamous Hatfields and McCoys...except it's between the Smiths and the Jones clans...and Sach is all that's left of the Joneses! And, if this isn't bad enough, soon some desperate bank robbers arrive at Sach's 'palace' and demand the gang help them. And, they get the idea that Louie is a doctor!!
This film has all the usual stereotypes you might expect from a comedy about the hills--guys in bushy beards, moonshine and more. It looks like a L'il Abner cosplayers' convention! Intellectual or subtle the film sure ain't! However, it is reasonably funny-- something you don't see in a lot of the Bowery Boys films from the 1950s. Not a great film by any standard but entertaining and fun.
This film has all the usual stereotypes you might expect from a comedy about the hills--guys in bushy beards, moonshine and more. It looks like a L'il Abner cosplayers' convention! Intellectual or subtle the film sure ain't! However, it is reasonably funny-- something you don't see in a lot of the Bowery Boys films from the 1950s. Not a great film by any standard but entertaining and fun.
Bowery Hillbillies
SnoopyStyle27 February 2022
Sach inherits property in rural hillbilly country. The gang arrives to find a rundown farm. Sach also inherits a local war with a rival family but he manages to hide his Jones name. Then a trio of criminals shows up looking to use the farmhouse as their hideout.
The Bowery Boys are headed into the hills. They are fish out of water. There is plenty of ridiculous rural comedy and a couple of babes. The bank robbers are a little left field but they are a good plot device. This is better than most Bowery Boys flicks. It's silly fun like always.
The Bowery Boys are headed into the hills. They are fish out of water. There is plenty of ridiculous rural comedy and a couple of babes. The bank robbers are a little left field but they are a good plot device. This is better than most Bowery Boys flicks. It's silly fun like always.
The Bowery Hillbillies
hogwrassler26 February 2022
Sach learns that he is the sole heir to a southern plantation. Naturally, he and the others set out in their old jalopy for a life of ease. Unfortunately, the place turns out to be the biggest rundown dump this side of Hooverville! Also, the Jones family is involved in a feud with the Smith family, and the rustic Smith men are determined to kill the last surviving member of the Jones clan, namely Sach. Louie arrives to see the boys. Throw in a gang of bank robbers and you have all the ingredients for the Bowery Boys brand of slapstick humor.
No Whitey in this one, and only Butch and Chuck round out the BB gang. But, they are mainly background scenery anyway.
Anne Kimbrell and 6'2" Dorothy Ford provide the female interests in this entry.
O. Z. Whitehead appears as Yancey Smith. He often acted in John Ford films, but preferred the theater to movies. O. Z., or Zebbie, as he was known, had a long term and very private relationship with Katherine Hepburn.
Feudin' Fools is an enjoyable entry in the Bowery Boys series.
No Whitey in this one, and only Butch and Chuck round out the BB gang. But, they are mainly background scenery anyway.
Anne Kimbrell and 6'2" Dorothy Ford provide the female interests in this entry.
O. Z. Whitehead appears as Yancey Smith. He often acted in John Ford films, but preferred the theater to movies. O. Z., or Zebbie, as he was known, had a long term and very private relationship with Katherine Hepburn.
Feudin' Fools is an enjoyable entry in the Bowery Boys series.
The Last Of The Jones
bkoganbing9 October 2010
One day while idling at Louie's Sweet Shop on the Bowery, Huntz Hall learns he's now the proud owner of a nice bit of farm land somewhere in the South. So he and the rest of the Bowery Boys head down to Dixie where they do find Hall has a piece of land next to a family of rustics named Smith.
The only problem is that these folks just don't cotton to anyone named Jones. They think they've driven the Joneses out, but just the name Jones gets them thar trigger fingers to itch.
Add to that a group of bank robbers who've just robbed the bank in Hog's Liver Hollow who seek refuge at the Jones farm and you have the ingredients of the plot for Feudin' Fools.
The Bowery Boys were getting a little stale with this one. The comparisons to Abbott&Costello's Comin' Round the Mountain are fairly obvious and Bud&Lou's film is far better than this one.
Still Bowery Boys fans should like it.
The only problem is that these folks just don't cotton to anyone named Jones. They think they've driven the Joneses out, but just the name Jones gets them thar trigger fingers to itch.
Add to that a group of bank robbers who've just robbed the bank in Hog's Liver Hollow who seek refuge at the Jones farm and you have the ingredients of the plot for Feudin' Fools.
The Bowery Boys were getting a little stale with this one. The comparisons to Abbott&Costello's Comin' Round the Mountain are fairly obvious and Bud&Lou's film is far better than this one.
Still Bowery Boys fans should like it.
"Didn't anybody ever tell you fellas that the retreat is retrograde?"
utgard149 July 2016
The twenty-seventh film in the Bowery Boys series at Monogram has Sach inheriting a farm in Kentucky. The boys travel South and wind up in the middle of a hillbilly feud. A by-the-numbers plot if there ever was one, the only saving grace is the fish-out-of-water aspect of seeing the New Yorkers interacting with the hillbillies. The series was struggling by this point to come up with an idea that was even in the same zip code as original. Leo Gorcey still has a few chuckle-worthy malapropisms and Huntz Hall plays the buffoon to the hilt, but it all just goes so far. David Gorcey and Bennie Bartlett hang around in the background. You'd forget they were there except for the few times they're given something to do, like carry the bags for Slip. Bernard Gorcey, frequently the best part of the '50s Bowery Boys films, isn't in this one much but once he joins the gang in Kentucky things pick up. There are hillbilly jokes galore here like moonshine stills, revenuers, feuds, and the obligatory pretty farmer's daughter. My favorite part of the movie is this exchange between Slip and Sach:
Slip: "I think we better sympathize our watches." Sach: "You mean synchronize?" Slip: "I was usin' the past tense."
Slip: "I think we better sympathize our watches." Sach: "You mean synchronize?" Slip: "I was usin' the past tense."
DOCTOR DUMBROWSKI IS HERE!!! HUH?
tcchelsey25 February 2022
The writers obviously kept tabs on what Abbott and Costello were doing. So in response to A & C's
COMIN ROUND THE MOUNTAIN, thus came FEUDIN FOOLS!! And its hilarious stuff, and in many ways quite clever, as Sach inherits a farm from his Southern uncle. Of course, as the writers would have it, there's a liberal dose of poetic license at work, but who's asking questions and taking notes! The story is a Smith versus the Jones (Sach Jones, that is!) hillbilly feud that has gone on for generations and the gang is caught up in the middle of it, replete with a broken down farm house. "It looks like a rest home for old vampires!" Slip exclaims. Good support from reliable heavy Lyle Talbot as a gangster who gets shot robbing a bank, only to take refuge with his gang at the Jones farm.
Bernard Gorcey (Leo's real dad) is a riot as Dr. Dumbrowski, who pretends to operate on Talbot in order to stall for more time and, hopefully, trick and capture the gangsters. Chock full of Leo Gorcey's malaprops and Huntz Hall is stuck on super kooky.
In one scene he opens a trap door and offers the bad guy to go first. "You go first!" he shouts.
"In that case, I'll see if there's a ladder!" he says matter-of-factly. To note are the cartoon characters of Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall at the beginning of the film, which always made me wonder what a terrific cartoon series this would have been! A real treat from start to finish, and some good theme music. A comedy labor of love. Huntz Hall has a super closing line!
Bernard Gorcey (Leo's real dad) is a riot as Dr. Dumbrowski, who pretends to operate on Talbot in order to stall for more time and, hopefully, trick and capture the gangsters. Chock full of Leo Gorcey's malaprops and Huntz Hall is stuck on super kooky.
In one scene he opens a trap door and offers the bad guy to go first. "You go first!" he shouts.
"In that case, I'll see if there's a ladder!" he says matter-of-factly. To note are the cartoon characters of Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall at the beginning of the film, which always made me wonder what a terrific cartoon series this would have been! A real treat from start to finish, and some good theme music. A comedy labor of love. Huntz Hall has a super closing line!
Alias Slip and Jones
wes-connors28 March 2009
While shooting the breeze at Louie's "Sweet Shop", Leo Gorcey (as Slip Mahoney) and "The Bowery Boys" learn Huntz Hall (as Horace Debussy "Sach" Jones) has inherited a plantation south of the Mason-Dixon line. Adopting a southern accent, Mr. Hall accompanies Mr. Gorcey, David "Condon" Gorcey (as Chuck), and Benny "Bennie" Bartlett (as Butch) to the "Jones" farm. There, they are startled to learn the area's hillbilly "Smith" family spends their time shooting everyone in the "Jones" clan dead - putting Hall's life in danger. Gags include Gorcey gets cow's milk sprayed in his face, and Hall crowing like a rooster after eating chicken feed. Cock-a-doodle-don't.
*** Feudin' Fools (9/21/52) William Beaudine ~ Huntz Hall, Leo Gorcey, Bernard Gorcey
*** Feudin' Fools (9/21/52) William Beaudine ~ Huntz Hall, Leo Gorcey, Bernard Gorcey
Amongst the viddles served is a ton of corn.
mark.waltz12 December 2016
Warning: Spoilers
When Horace Debussy Jones (aka Sach) discovers that he's the heir to a southern ranch, he's totally unaware of the feud that comes with it. City slickers in hillbilly territory don't seem to have much of a chance, and even with street smarts (if that last word can be used in collaboration with the Bowery Boys) they can't stand up to the shootin' hicks of south of the Mason/Dixon line, even if two female family members of the enemy try to prevent Sach from being shot up with holes. Amusing for its often outrageous malapropisms and slaughtering of the English language, this does feel like it's already been done, having had similar comedies starring Wheeler and Woolsey, Abbott and Costello, Joe E. Brown and the Three Stooges. They find even more issues when bank robbers decide to camp out at the Jones' cabin. Not the usual amount of laughs, only a moderate amount compared to the groans.
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