GANG BUSTERS (1942) Kent Taylor, Irene Hervey & Ralph Morgan | Drama | B&W | Golden Age Film

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Gang Busters is a 1942 Universal movie serial based on the radio series Gang Busters

Synopsis

The city is terrorized by a crime wave masterminded by the elusive, soft-spoken Professor Mortis (Ralph Morgan) from his base in a forgotten cavern beneath the rails of the city's subway line. He declares over the radio that The League of Murdered Men will exact revenge upon the city unless all the city officials, especially the mayor and Chief of Police, are turned out of office. Mortis's gang members were officially pronounced dead in prison after having supposedly committed suicide (in reality taking a drug that suspended animation) but later revived by medical genius Mortis,[1] who recruited them to do his bidding.

Police detective Bill Bannister (Kent Taylor), in charge of investigating the crime wave, is visited by his brother, a reformed criminal who will inform on Mortis. Mortis's men kill Bannister's brother before he talks, and Bannister vows to get Mortis. Together with his partner Tim Nolan (Robert Armstrong) and police chief Martin O'Brien (Joseph Crehan), Bannister uses the latest police methods to track down Mortis. Following the story are newspaper reporter Vicki Logan (Irene Hervey) and her photographer Happy Haskins (Richard Davies).

Cast & Crew

Kent Taylor as Det. Lt. Bill Bannister
Irene Hervey as Vicki Logan, reporter
Ralph Morgan as Professor Mortis
Robert Armstrong as Det. Tim Nolan
Featuring:
Richard Davies as Happy Haskins, news photographer
Joseph Crehan as Police Chief Martin O'Brien
George Watts as Mayor Hansen
Ralf Harolde as Chief Henchman Halliger
William Haade as Henchman Mike Taboni
John Gallaudet as Henchman Wilkerson
George J. Lewis as Henchman Mason
Victor Zimmerman as Henchman Bernard
Johnnie Berkes as Newsboy–Henchman Grubb
Edward Emerson as "Frenchy" Ludoc

Directors: Noel M. Smith, Ray Taylor
Writers: Morgan Cox, Phillips Lord, Al Martin, Victor McLeod, George H. Plympton
Producer: Ford Beebe
Starring: Kent Taylor, Irene Hervey, Ralph Morgan, Robert Armstrong
Cinematography: John W. Boyle, William A. Sickner
Editing: Irving Birnbaum, Paul Landres, Charles Maynard
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Release Date: 1942
Running Time: 251 minutes (13 chapters)
Country: United States
Language: English