Gang Busters (1942)

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Country: USA
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama
Release: 1942-03-31
Director: Noel M. Smith , Ray Taylor
Writers: Morgan Cox , Al Martin , Victor McLeod , George H. Plympton
Language: English
Stars: Kent Taylor , Irene Hervey , Ralph Morgan (I) (1883–1956) , Robert Armstrong , Richard Davies , Joseph Crehan , George Watts , Ralf Harolde , John Gallaudet , William Haade
Runtime: 251 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Gang Busters , Rivais de Al Capone (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Gang Busters (United States of America) , Lucha contra el crimen (Spain) , Gang Busters (United Kingdom) , Ta mystiria tis Neas Yorkis (Greece)
Plot: Detective Lt.Bill Bannister has the assignment to run down an unknown gang of terrorists spreading a net of crime over the city. Aiding him is Detective Tim Nolan, news photographer Vicki Logan and reporter Happy Haskins. Bill finds that the gang's leader is a mysterious Professor Mortis and the gang is made up of known criminals officially listed in the police records as dead. Each has become of member of Mortis' "League of Murdered Men" after seemingly committing suicide by hanging while on death row. Bill eventually, after surviving a plane crash, being dynamited, dropped down a well and other nuisances, tracks the gang to two hideouts; a subterranean cell beneath the city's subways and a suburban mystery house.
IMDB:tt0034767