Clipped Wings is a 1953 comedy film starring The Bowery Boys. The film was released on August 14, 1953, by Allied Artists and is the thirty-first film in the series. Plot The boys' friend, Dave Moreno, is being held for treason by the U.S. Air Force. Slip and Sach go to headquarters to help Dave, but mistakenly enlist. Sach is also mistakenly assigned to a WAF barracks. When the boys finally do visit Dave he tells them he does not need help, as he is secretly being used to capture enemy agents. Undeterred by Dave's words, the boys continue to investigate and Slip and Sach wind up airborne. Good luck allows them to land safely, just where the spies are hiding out. They capture the spies and Dave's true mission is revealed. 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 Production In a prime example of product placement the "Atomic Jet" amusement coin-operated ride form Nat Cohn's Riteway Sales that appeared in the film and advertising material was offered to be installed in every theatre that showed Clipped Wings Home media Released on VHS by Warner Brothers on September 1, 1998. 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 films American black-and-white films American spy comedy films Bowery Boys films American aviation films Military humor in film 1950s spy comedy films Allied Artists films 1953 comedy films Films about the United States Air Force 1950s English-language films Films directed by Edward Bernds 1950s American films