The East Side Kids take on a gang of Japanese spies.The East Side Kids take on a gang of Japanese spies.The East Side Kids take on a gang of Japanese spies.
Ernest Morrison
- Scruno
- (as Sunshine Sammy Morrisson)
Philip Ahn
- Joe Matsui
- (as Phil Ahn)
Jack Cheatham
- Recruiting Officer
- (uncredited)
Pat Costello
- Navy Recruiter
- (uncredited)
George Eldredge
- Marine Recruiter
- (uncredited)
Moy Ming
- Mr. Matsui - Joe's Father
- (uncredited)
Patsy Moran
- Mrs. Glimpy
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe failure of the original copyright holder to renew the film's copyright resulted in it falling into public domain, meaning that virtually anyone could duplicate and sell a VHS/DVD copy of the film; therefore, many of the versions of this film available on the market are either severely (and usually badly) edited and/or of extremely poor quality, having been duped from second- or third-generation (or more) copies of the film.
- GoofsAt many points, the Eastside Kids are far too noisy as they infiltrate spy headquarters.
- Quotes
Muggs: [watching a parade of troops march by] Okay, boys, we've seen enough. Come on.
Danny Connors: Why? Where're we going?
Muggs: We're gonna clean up on some Japs.
- ConnectionsFollowed by Smart Alecks (1942)
Featured review
Japs and Germans, Oh My!!
Let's Get Tough is one of those movies that people probably regret years later that they made. Full of awful racist Jap talk and jokes, this East End Kids story details how the kids want to join the military to defeat the Japs. Since they're too young, they decide to clean the town out of those dastardly Japs. They find one, throw fruit at it (without anyone doing anything to stop them) and he pulls a short sword out to menace them! The cops say to stop annoying him! He's only Chinese! He's on our side! When the kids go back to apologize, the Chinese man's dead! It's all part of this huge Jap and German Spy ring! The kids see to it that this is stopped At All Costs! I'm sure all of this was fine when it was made (1942) but viewed now, you realize of course, that this is clearly a product of it's time. Full of stereotypes, German and Japanese. Funny how the East End Kids have a black kid in the group, and he's not spared either. Gee whiz.
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- Spuzzlightyear
- Sep 6, 2005
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- Little MacArthurs
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- Runtime1 hour 2 minutes
- Color
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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