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Gang Smashers(1938)
Status: Released
Date: 1938-12-30
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IT BLASTS THE LID OFF HARLEM RACKETS!
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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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Million Dollar Productions
Movie: Gang Smashers
Top 10 Billed Cast
Nina Mae McKinney
Laura Jackson
Laurence Criner
Gat Dalton
Mantan Moreland
Gloomy
Everett Brown
Police Lieutenant
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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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