Let’s Get Tough
1267. LET’S GET TOUGH (1942-USA). WITH LEO GORCEY, BOBBY JORDAN, HUNTZ HALL, GABRIEL DELL, “SUNSHINE SAMMY” MORRISON. AS AMERICA WENT TO WAR AFTER PEARL HARBOR, SO IN THEIR OWN WAY DID THE EVER POPULAR EAST SIDE KIDS. THE BOYS ARE DETERMINED TO “CLEAN UP ON SOME JAPS,” AND “SHARE THE OCEAN WITH JAPAN-WE’LL TAKE THE TOP AND GIVE THEM THE BOTTOM.” THEY ATTEMPT TO ENLIST IN THE SERVICE, BUT ARE REBUFFED BECAUSE THEY’RE WAY UNDERAGE. THE PEACH FUZZ ON THEIR FACES IS STILL FRESH; THEY HAVE THE RIGHT SPIRIT, BUT THE WRONG DATES ON THEIR BIRTH CERTIFICATES. WITH NOTHING ELSE BETTER TO DO, THEY HARASS A LOCAL MERCHANT WHOM THEY ASSUME TO BE JAPANESE, SIMPLY BECAUSE HE’S ORIENTAL. THEY FIND THEMSELVES IN A VAT-FULL Of WON TON SOUP WHEN THIS FELLOW, WHO’S ACTUALLY A CHINAMAN, IS MYSTERIOUSLY MURDERED. LET’S GET TOUGH-THE PERFECT TITLE FOR AN AMERICAN FILM RELEASED IN 1942-IS A TYPICALLY AMUSING EAST SIDE KIDS COMEDY, AS WELL AS AN INTRIGUING CURIO ABOUT AMERICAN ATTITUDES TOWARD JAPANESE AND GERMANS-EVEN THOSE WHO WERE AMERICAN CITIZENS. 52 MINUTES. COMEDY