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Bowery Buckaroos (1947). Silly, lightweight comedy in which the Bowery Boys -- comical, wisecracking, "ethnic" denizens of the Bronx -- head west to find a lost gold mine and solve a murder... or, rather, a "moider". Mainly notable as an example of the "Bowery Boys" schtick of Leo Gorcey and company. Gorcey's cocksure, nasal-voiced persona may well have been the prototype for the character of Bugs Bunny. A couple of bit players from the movie looked familiar. Norman Willis (Black Jack, the villain) played numerous other roles, mostly bit parts in television series. "Iron-Eyes" Cody (the inevitable Indian sidekick) likewise appeared in dozens of shows, but achieved fame for his shortest role, as the Crying Indian of the famous 1970s anti-pollution advertisement.

Trivia: This is almost certainly the only film in which a Native American says "This not look kosher to me."