Private Eyes is a 1953 comedy film starring The Bowery Boys. The film was released on December 6, 1953, by Allied Artists and is the thirty-second film in the series. Plot Sach is punched in the nose by Herbie, a local kid who the boys know, and acquires the ability to read people's minds. Slip sees this as an opportunity to buy a detective agency, and their first client is a beautiful blonde who is trying to escape from her connections with mobsters. She leaves behind a stolen mink coat and an envelope that would incriminate the mobsters. The mobsters, trying to get the envelope back, kidnap Herbie in the hopes to persuade the boys to return the envelope. Slip and Sach, after being tipped off where Herbie is being held, go there in disguise. They foil the mobsters plans and rescue Herbie. Cast The Bowery Boys Leo Gorcey as Terrance Aloysius "Slip" Mahoney Huntz Hall as Horace Debussy "Sach" Jones David Gorcey as Chuck Anderson (Credited as David Condon) Bennie Bartlett as Butch Williams Remaining cast Bernard Gorcey as Louie Dumbrowski Rudy Lee as Herbie Joyce Holden as Myra Robert Osterloh as Professor Damon Chick Chandler as Eddie the Detective Emil Sitka as the patient in the wheelchair Tim Ryan as Andy the Cop Production The film was made under the working title of Bowery Bloodhounds. Home media Warner Archives released the film on made-to-order DVD in the United States as part of "The Bowery Boys, Volume Two" on April 9, 2013. References External links 1953 comedy films 1953 films American black-and-white films American comedy films Bowery Boys films Allied Artists films 1950s English-language films Films directed by Edward Bernds 1950s American films