Hi,
   Perhaps  this has been discussed before but... as I was recording and watching "Fighting Trouble" (1956)  Leo Gorcey (and brother Benard) were nowhere to be found.
   So, the question is .. was this a temporary absence or had they left the series by 1956 and was this the first film without Leo Gorcey ?

   Perhaps this is just me but, were the Bowery Boys films actually "funnier" without Leo ?