Keep 'Em Slugging is a 1943 American film starring the Little Tough Guys and directed by Christy Cabanne for Universal Pictures.

Unfortunately most gang members have criminal records for juvenile delinquency, and can't get jobs in the working world.

After using glamour girl Lola Laverne as bait, Tommy meets with Rodman but won't steal goods from the department store.

[1] Billy Halop and Bernard Punsly, resident stars of the Little Tough Guys series, were both drafted into the armed forces before the film went into production.

David Durand, a member of the concurrent East Side Kids series, has a bit role in this film, and Jane Frazee and Robert Paige make uncredited appearances in the moviehouse film (a clip from the Ritz Brothers feature Hi'ya, Chum).

The actors' reactions make it clear that this was not scripted, and Jordan, thinking quickly, ad-libs, "I been meaning to fix that rug."