Arizona Gang Busters

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Arizona Gang Busters
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Sam Newfield
Screenplay byWilliam Lively
Produced by Sigmund Neufeld
Starring Tim McCoy
Pauline Haddon
Lou Fulton
Forrest Taylor
Julian Rivero
Arno Frey
Cinematography Jack Greenhalgh
Edited by Holbrook N. Todd
Production
companies
Sigmund Neufeld Productions
Producers Releasing Corporation
Distributed byProducers Releasing Corporation
Release date
  • September 16, 1940 (1940-09-16)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Arizona Gang Busters is a 1940 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and written by William Lively. The film stars Tim McCoy, Pauline Haddon, Lou Fulton, Forrest Taylor, Julian Rivero and Arno Frey. The film was released on September 16, 1940, by Producers Releasing Corporation. [1] [2]

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Plot

A ring of saboteurs headed by Carl Schmidt is building an arsenal along the US-Mexican border. The US and Mexico send a team of agents to investigate, but when they arrive at the site of an arranged meeting, they discover the men they were to meet have been murdered—and they are arrested for the killings.

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References

  1. "Arizona Gang Busters (1940) – Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  2. "Arizona Gang Busters". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved July 21, 2018.