Gang Busters (1942)
Gang Busters (1942)
„Gang Busters“ is a 1942 movie serial directed by Noel M. Smith and Ray Taylor. The screenplay by Morgan Cox, Al Martin, Victor McLeod and George H. Plympton is based on the radio series of the same name by Phillips Lord.
Detective lieutenant Bill Bannister is assigned to run down an unknown gang of terrorists who have spread a net of crime over the city.
Cast:
- Kent Taylor – Det. Lt. Bill Bannister
- Irene Hervey – Vicki Logan
- Ralph Morgan – Dr. Clayton Maxton, aka Prof. Mortis
- Robert Armstrong – Det. Tim Nolan
- Richard Davies – Happy Haskins
- Joseph Crehan – Police Chief Martin O’Brien
- George Watts – Mayor Hansen
- Ralf Harolde – Halliger
- John Gallaudet – Wilkinson
- William Haade – Mike Taboni
- Victor Zimmerman – Ted Lane, aka Barnard
- George J. Lewis – Joey Morrison, aka Mason
- John Berkes – Mr. Grub
- Pat O’Malley – Crandall, Police Lab
- Hugh Beaumont – Announcer (voice)
- Eddie Dean – Blair, Police Lab Technician [Ch. 1]
- Mickey Simpson – Bruiser Ludoc’s Doorman-Henchman [Chs. 5, 8]
- Alan Gregg – Byrnes, Armored Car Driver [Chs. 8-9]
- Stanley Price – Corky Watts [Chs. 4-6]
- Chet Brandenburg – Detective
- Jeffrey Sayre – Detective Assigned to Trail Barnard [Ch. 2]
- Charles Sherlock – Detective at Taboni Interrogation [Ch. 2]
- Edward Emerson – Frenchy Ludoc [Chs. 5, 7-8]
- Frank Marlowe – Garage Attendant [Ch. 2]
- Charles McMurphy – Gardner, Police Officer [Ch. 3]
- Eddie Fetherston – Ground Radioman at Airport [Ch. 2]
- Karl Hackett – Henry, Crooked Watchman [Chs. 7-8]
- Carleton Young – Highway Patrolman [Chs. 8, 11]
- Paul McVey – J.B. Malloy [Ch. 12]
- Eddie Foster – Jerry Rogan [Chs. 3-4]
- Riley Hill – Jim Bannister [Ch. 1]
- Ethan Laidlaw – Ludoc’s Bartender [Chs. 5, 7-8]
- Phil Warren – McKay, Payroll Henchman [Chs. 8-9]
- Art Fowler – Mechanic [Ch. 2]
- Beatrice Roberts – O’Brien’s Secretary
- Chuck Morrison – Pilot
- Jack C. Smith – Police Desk Sergeant [Ch. 2]
- Kernan Cripps – Police Direction Finder [Ch. 6]
- Robert Barron – Police Direction Finder, Car 27 [Ch. 1]
- Jack Perrin – Police Direction Finder, Car 64 [Ch. 1]
- Jack Gardner – Police HQ Radio Disptacher [Ch. 2-4, 7]
- Bob Reeves – Police Officer
- Chalky Williams – Police Officer
- Tom Steele – Policeman Ch. 3
- George Eldredge – Policeman at Bank [Ch. 7]
- Milton Kibbee – Railroad Station Master [Ch. 11]
- Gene O’Donnell – Reporter
- Frank Penny – Reporter
- Jack Mulhall – Richards, Police Lab Tech. [Chs. 9, 11]
- William Desmond – Rogan’s Death Witness [Ch. 4]
- Jerry Jerome – Soupy Collins [Chs. 10-11]
- Grace Cunard – Taboni’s Landlady [Ch. 1]
- Charles McAvoy – Turnkey [Ch. 2]
„Gang Busters“ ist ein Serienfilm aus dem Jahr 1942 unter der Regie von Noel M. Smith und Ray Taylor. Das Drehbuch von Morgan Cox, Al Martin, Victor McLeod und George H. Plympton basiert auf der gleichnamigen Radioserie von Phillips Lord.
Detective Lieutenant Bill Bannister wird beauftragt, eine unbekannte Bande von Terroristen zur Strecke zu bringen, die ein Netz von Verbrechen über die Stadt gespannt hat.
