Gang Smashers(1938)
IT BLASTS THE LID OFF HARLEM RACKETS!
An undercover police woman poses as a nighclub entertainer to catch the main man behind the racketeers going on around Harlem. Meanwhile two men are falling for her.
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An undercover police woman poses as a nighclub entertainer to catch the main man behind the racketeers going on around Harlem. Meanwhile two men are falling for her.
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1938-12-30
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IT BLASTS THE LID OFF HARLEM RACKETS!
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