Summary
Gang Busters is an American crime film first released in 1942,
directed by Noel M. Smith and Ray Taylor.
The film stars Kent Taylor, Irene Hervey, Ralph Morgan and Robert Armstrong.
Our overall rating for this film is: very good.
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Credits
- Director: Noel M. Smith, Ray Taylor
- Script: Morgan Cox, Phillips Lord, Al Martin, Victor McLeod, George H. Plympton
- Photo: John W. Boyle, William A. Sickner
- Cast: Kent Taylor (Det. Lt. Bill Bannister), Irene Hervey (Vicky Logan), Ralph Morgan (Dr. Clayton Maxton, alias Prof. Mortis), Robert Armstrong (Det. Tim Nolan), Richard Davies (Happy Haskins, reporter), Joseph Crehan (Police Chief Martin O’Brien), George Watts (Mayor Hansen), Ralf Harolde (Henchman Halliger), John Gallaudet (Henchman Wilkinson), William Haade (Mike Taboni), Victor Zimmerman (Ted Lane, alias Barnard), George J. Lewis (Joey Morrison, alias Mason), John Berkes (Mr. Grub), Pat O’Malley (Police Chemist Crandall), Robert Barron (Police direction finder, Car 27 [Ch. 1]), Kernan Cripps (Police direction finder [Ch. 6]), Grace Cunard (Taboni’s Landlady [Ch. 1]), Eddie Dean (Blair, Police Lab Tech. [Ch. 1]), William Desmond (Rogan’s Death Witness [Ch. 4]), George Eldredge (Policeman at Bank [Ch. 7]), Edward Emerson (Frenchy Ludoc [Chs. 5, 7-8]), Eddie Fetherston (Ground Radioman at Airport [Ch. 2]), Eddie Foster (Jerry Rogan [Chs. 3-4]), Art Fowler (Mechanic [Ch. 2]), Jack Gardner (Police HQ Radio Disptacher), Alan Gregg (Armored car driver Byrnes [Chs. 8-9]), Karl Hackett (Henry, crooked watchman [Chs. 7-8]), Riley Hill (Jim Bannister [Ch. 1]), Jerry Jerome (Soupy Collins [Chs. 10-11]), Milton Kibbee (Railroad Station Master [Ch. 11]), Ethan Laidlaw (Ludoc’s Bartender [Chs. 5, 7-8]), Frank Marlowe (Garage Attendant [Ch. 2]), Charles McAvoy (The Turnkey [Ch. 2]), Charles McMurphy (Police Officer Gardner [Ch. 3]), Paul McVey (Attorney J. B. Malloy [Ch. 12]), Jack Mulhall (Richard, Police Lab Tech. [Chs. 9, 11]), Jack Perrin (Police Direction Finder, Car 64 [Ch. 1]), Eddie Polo (Pilot [Chs. 1-2]), Stanley Price (Corky Watts [Chs. 4-6]), Beatrice Roberts (O’Brien’s Secretary), Jeffrey Sayre (Detective assigned to trail Barnard [Ch. 2]), Charles Sherlock (Detective at Taboni Interrogation [Ch. 2]), Mickey Simpson (Ludoc’s Doorman-Henchman [Chs. 5, 8]), Jack C. Smith (Police Desk Sergeant [Ch. 2]), Tom Steele (Policeman [Ch. 3]), Phil Warren (Payroll Henchman McKay [Chs. 8-9]), Carleton Young (Highway Patrolman [Chs. 8, 11])
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 251 min; B&W
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