Gang Busters (serial)

Infobox Film
name = Gang Busters


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director = Noel M. Smith
Ray Taylor
Jacques Jaccard "(asst.)"
producer = Ford Beebe
writer = Morgan Cox
Phillips Lord
Al Martin
Victor McLeod
George H. Plympton
narrator =
starring = Kent Taylor
Irene Hervey
Ralph Morgan
Robert Armstrong
music =
cinematography = John W. Boyle
William A. Sickner
editing = Irving Birnbaum
Paul Landres
Charles Maynard
distributor = Universal Pictures
released = 1942
runtime = 13 chapters (251 min)
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language = English
budget =
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amg_id = 1:121842
imdb_id = 0034767

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

Cast

* Kent Taylor as Detective Leiutenent Bill Bannister
* Irene Hervey as Vicky Logan
* Ralph Morgan as Dr Clayton Maxton, alias Professor Mortis
* Robert Armstrong as Detective Tim Nolan
* Richard Davies as Happy Haskins, reporter
* Joseph Crehan as Police Chief Martin O'Brien
* George Watts as Mayor Hansen
* Ralf Harolde as Halliger, one of Professor Mortis' henchmen
* John Gallaudet as Wilkinson, one of Professor Mortis' henchmen
* William Haade as Mike Taboni

Production

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 Dr Mortis using his own mysterious poison.cite book
last = Harmon
first = Jim
coauthors= Donald F. Glut
authorlink = Jim Harmon
title = The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury
origyear = 1973
publisher = Routledge
isbn = 9780713000979
pages = pp. 194
chapter = 8. The Detectives "Gangbusters!" ]

Critical reception

Harmon and Glut describe "Gang Busters" as a "well made and interesting serial."

Cline writes that the serial is one of Universal's best [cite book
last = Cline
first = William C.
title = In the Nick of Time
origyear = 1984
publisher = McFarland & Company, Inc.
isbn = 078640471X
pages = pp. 89
chapter = 5. A Cheer for the Champions (The Heroes and Heroines) ] and that Professor Mortis is one of the best characters ever created for a serial. [cite book
last = Cline
first = William C.
title = In the Nick of Time
origyear = 1984
publisher = McFarland & Company, Inc.
isbn = 078640471X
pages = pp. 108
chapter = 7. Masters of Menace (The Villains) ]

Chapter titles

# The League of Murdered Men
# The Death Plunge
# Murder Blockade
# Hangman's Noose
# Man Undercover
# Under Crumbling Walls
# The Water Trap
# Murder by Proxy
# Gang Bait
# Mob Vengeance
# Wanted at Headquarters
# The Long Chance
# Law and Order_Source: [cite book
last = Cline
first = William C.
title = In the Nick of Time
origyear = 1984
publisher = McFarland & Company, Inc.
isbn = 078640471X
pages = pp. 232
chapter = Filmography ]

ee also

* List of film serials by year
* List of film serials by studio

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0034767|title=Gang Busters
*amg title|id=1:121842|title=Gang Busters

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title=Universal Serial
before=Don Winslow of the Navy (1942)
years=Gang Busters (1942)
after=Junior G-Men of the Air (1942)