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Story by
  
Phillips Lord

Language
  
English

7.2/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Crime

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

Gang Busters (serial) movie poster

Director
  
Noel M. SmithRay TaylorJacques Jaccard (asst.)

Writer
  
Morgan Cox
,
Phillips Lord
,
Al Martin
,
Victor McLeod
,
George H. Plympton

Release date
  
1942

Directors
  
Ray Taylor, Noel M. Smith, Jacques Jaccard

Screenplay
  
George H. Plympton, Victor McLeod, Morgan Cox, Al Martin

Cast
  
Kent Taylor
(Det Lt Bill Bannister),
Irene Hervey
(Vicki Logan),
Ralph Morgan
(Dr Clayton Maxton - alias Prof Mortis),
Robert Armstrong
(Det Tim Nolan),
Joseph Crehan
(Police Chief Martin OBrien)

Similar movies
  
Related Ray Taylor movies

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

Contents

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Plot

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. Following the murder of his brother, police detective Bill Bannister (Kent Taylor), his partner Tim Nolan (Robert Armstrong), and police chief Martin O'Brien (Joseph Crehan) focus investigation on the activities of Mortis and his gang, and discover that the crimes were all perpetrated by men who had died some time ago, with new identities and kept alive by a formula of Mortis's invention. Following the story is journalist Vicki Logan (Irene Hervey) and her photographer 'Happy' Haskins (Richard Davies).

Cast

Starring:

  • Kent Taylor as Det. Lt. Bill Bannister
  • Irene Hervey as Vicki Logan, girl 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 Newboy-Henchman Grubb
  • Edward Emerson as "Frenchy" Ludoc

    • With:

  • Pat O'Malley as the Police Scientist
  • Beatrice Roberts as the Chief's Secretary
  • Riley Hill as Jim Bannister (Ch. 1)
  • Unknown Actor as Henchman Jake Jordan (Ch. 1)
  • Eddie Dean as Blair, ballistics expert (Chs. 1, 6)
  • Eddie Foster as Henchman Jerry Rogan (Chs. 3-4)
  • Unknown Actor as Henchman Batty Simms (Ch. 4)
  • Stanley Price as Henchman Corky Watts (Chs. 4-5)
  • Mickey Simpson as Bruiser, Ludoc's bouncer (Ch. 7)
  • Karl Hackett as Henry, crooked watchman (Chs. 7-8)
  • Phil Warren as Henchman McKay (Chs. 8-9)
  • Jack Mulhall as Chemist Richards (Chs. 9, 11)
  • Jerry Jerome as Henchman Soupy Collins (Chs. 10-11)
  • Paul McVey as Attorney J.B. "Harry" Malloy (Ch. 12)

    • Production

    Gang Busters is one of Universal's most elaborate serials, with many chase and thrill scenes expertly staged in outdoor locations. The directors were Ray Taylor, veteran director responsible for many hit serials, and Noel M. Smith, former silent-screen director who specialized in fast action (Smith directed many of Larry Semon's action-filled comedies of the 1920s).

    This is mostly a crime film but contains a small science fiction element. The villains, The League of Murdered Men, are all dead criminals killed and revived by Professor Mortis using his own mysterious poison.

    Critical reception

    The film was very successful in its original release, and was re-released in 1949 by Sherman S. Krellberg's Filmcraft Productions.

    Within serial fandom, Jim Harmon and Donald F. Glut in the 1970s described Gang Busters as a "well made and interesting serial.", and Cline in 1984 wrote that he considered the serial is one of Universal's best and that Professor Mortis is one of the best characters ever created for a serial.

    Chapter titles

    1. The League of Murdered Men
    2. The Death Plunge
    3. Murder Blockade
    4. Hangman's Noose
    5. Man Undercover
    6. Under Crumbling Walls
    7. The Water Trap
    8. Murder by Proxy
    9. Gang Bait
    10. Mob Vengeance
    11. Wanted at Headquarters
    12. The Long Chance
    13. Law and Order

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    References

    Gang Busters (serial) Wikipedia
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    Gang Busters (serial) IMDb Gang Busters (serial) themoviedb.org