Flying Wild (1941)

Description

Flying Wild is a 1941 film and the fifth installment of the East Side Kids series.

Cast and characters

The East Side Kids

• Leo Gorcey as Muggs McGinnis
• Bobby Jordan as Danny Graham
• Ernie “Sunshine Sammy” Morrison as Scruno
• David Gorcey as Peewee
• Donald Haines as Skinny
• Eugene Francis as Algy Reynolds
• Bobby Stone as Louie

Additional Cast

• Joan Barclay as Helen Munson
• Dave O’Brien (actor) as Tom Lawson-
• George Pembroke as Dr. Richard Nagel III
• Herbert Rawlinson as Mr. Reynolds
• Dennis Moore (actor) as George
• Forrest Taylor as Forbes
• Robert F. Hill as Woodward
• Mary Bovard as Mazie (uncredited)
• George Eldredge as Man (uncredited)
• Alden “Stephen” Chase as Jack, Henchman (uncredited)
• Al Ferguson, Jack Kenny, Carey Loftin, Bud Osborne, Eddie Parker, Dick Scott as Henchmen

Production

• Robert F. Hill who plays the role of Woodward, was director of the first East Side Kids film.
• The scene in which the car flips onto its side was not scripted; Leo Gorcey was driving the car, and had made the turn too fast. The expressions on the gang’s faces were one hundred percent real.
• Eugene Francis’ last East Side Kids film. He was drafted for World War II service shortly after completing this film.
• The ‘working title’ of the film was “Air Devils”