Gallant Sons "Aquaman"

Gallant Sons "Aquaman"High school sleuths Jackie Cooper, Bonita Granville and Gene Reynolds prove solving a murder is mere child's play in this fast paced whodunit, costarring Gail Patrick and Ian Hunter. When his gambler father (Hunter) is wrongly convicted of murder, Johnny Davis (Reynolds) is determined to prove his dad's innocence. Following a series of clues that point to the real killer, Johnny and pals By (Cooper), Kate (Granville) and Doc (Leo Gorcey) decide to

and the Scarlet Speedster

There he is intrigued by the obsessive life she and her father share

" There's an all-out musical tribute to that forties dance craze

Directed by legendary Oscar-honoree George Pal ("Puppetoons" shorts)

Pfeiffer would later bring to the big screen a tale of young lives transformed when she starred in Dangerous Minds

Also stars Barry Nelson

Kay gets her foot in the door at McLean Aircraft

plus the Hanna-Barbera-originated hero El Dorado

Cox's unflagging will

who's a prostitute and grandfather who's an alcoholic until the day she goes to the park to string beads for extra cash

and secretly sponsors a music composition contest to get him to accept her charity

Look for uncredited Teri Garr (Young Frankenstein)