Gang Smashers

IT BLASTS THE LID OFF HARLEM RACKETS!

1938•57m

CrimeMusic

An undercover police woman poses as a nighclub entertainer to catch the main man behind the racketeers going on around Harlem. Meanwhile two men are falling for her.

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Production

Million Dollar Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Nina Mae McKinney

Nina Mae McKinney

Laura Jackson

Laurence Criner

Laurence Criner

Gat Dalton

Monte Hawley

Lefty

Mantan Moreland

Mantan Moreland

Gloomy

Reginald Fenderson

Nick

Edward Thompson

Doyle

Vernon McCalla

Police Captain

Charles Hawkins

Gopher

Everett Brown

Police Lieutenant

Lester Wilkins

2nd Police Officer

Neva Peoples

Cararet Entertainer

Arthur Ray

Bowers

Bo Jinkins

Cabaret Entertainer

John Criner Jr.

Wells

Maggie Hathaway

Dander

Guernsey Morrow

2nd Collector

Jewel Smith

Police Desk Officer

Mildred Boyd

Nightclub Patron

Edward Brandon

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