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Shoe Shine Boy

Shoe Shine Boy

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A teenaged shoeshine boy urgently tries to raise the remaining amount of money he needs to purchase a secondhand bugle before 6p.m.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

15 mins

Rating

7/10

Release Date

25 December 1943

Country

United States of America

Cast

Mel Bryant

Mel Bryant

Shoeshine Boy

Sam Levene

Sam Levene

Lucky

Walter Catlett

Walter Catlett

Garry Goff

Robert Emmett O'Connor

Robert Emmett O'Connor

Charlie the Bartender (uncredited)

Walter Soderling

Walter Soderling

Pawnbroker (uncredited)

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