Million Dollar Kid

Million Dollar Kid

THOSE BOWERY BLOCK-BUSTERS ARE CLEANING UP THE TOWN

NR 1944 · 65 min · ★ 5.9 · Comedy

In ridding the area of muggers, the East Side Boys acquire a wealthy benefactor whose privileged son, unbeknownst to him, has fallen in with thugs.

Directed by Wallace Fox · Written by Frank H. Young

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