Gang Smashers

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Gang Smashers
Gang Smashers Poster 1938.jpg
1938 Poster
Directed by Leo C. Popkin
Story byRalph Cooper
Produced byHarry M. Popkin
StarringNina Mae McKinney
Lawrence Criner
Monte Hawley
Reginald Fenderson
Mantan Moreland
Production
company
Million Dollar Productions
Distributed byToddy Pictures Company
Release date
  • 1938 (1938)
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish

Gang Smashers, also released as Gun Moll, is an American film released in 1938. [1] [2] It features an African American cast. [3] Leo C. Popkin directed the Million Dollar Productions film from a screenplay by Ralph Cooper. [4] The University of South Carolina libraries have an 8-page pressbook for the film. [5] Nina Mae McKinney stars in the film a thriller about the Harlem underworld and racketeering. [6]

Contents

The opening of the film is a dedication to African American in law enforcement signed by Harry M. Popkin.

Plot

Cast

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References

  1. Richards, Larry (September 17, 2015). African American Films Through 1959: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography. McFarland. ISBN   9781476610528 via Google Books.
  2. "GANG SMASHERS". Library of Congress.
  3. "Gang Smashers (1938) | DREAM13 Media".
  4. "Film poster for Gang Smashers". nmaahc.si.edu.
  5. McKinney, Nina Mae (October 11, 1938). Harry M. Popkin presents: "Gang Smashers" with Nina Mae McKinney - All colored cast. Lawrence Criner, Monte Hawley, Reginald Fenderson, and Mantan Moreland. OCLC   930610818 via Open WorldCat.
  6. Bourne, Stephen (17 July 2012). "Nina Mae McKinney: The Black Garbo". BearManor Media via Google Books.