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GANG SMASHERS aka Gun Moll (1938) Nina Mae McKinney & Laurence Criner | Crime, Black Cinema | B&W
Gang Smashers, also released as Gun Moll, is an American film released in 1938. It features an African American cast. Leo C. Popkin directed the Million Dollar Productions film from a screenplay by Ralph Cooper. The University of South Carolina libraries have an 8-page pressbook for the film. Nina Mae McKinney stars in the film a thriller about the Harlem underworld and racketeering.
SYNOPSIS
Undercover anti-gang agent works in a nightclub where a protection racket is headquartered.
CAST & CREW
Nina Mae McKinney as Laura Jackson
Laurence Criner as Gat Dalton
Monte Hawley at Lefty
Mantan Moreland as Gloomy
Reginald Fenderson as Nick
Edward Thompson as W. L. Doyle
Vernon McCalla as Police Captain
Charles Hawkins as Gopher
Everett Brown as Police Lieutenant
Lester Wilkins as 2nd Police Officer
Neva Peoples as Cabaret Entertainer
Arthur Ray asBowers
Bo Jinkins as Cabaret Entertainer(as Bo-Jenkins)
John Criner Jr. as Wells(as John Criner)
Maggie Hathaway as Dander(as Margaret Flemmings)
Guernsey Morrow as 2nd Collector
Jewel Smith as Police Desk Officer
Phil Moore as Orchestra Leader
Directed by Leo C. Popkin
Story by Ralph Cooper
Produced by Harry M. Popkin
Production company Million Dollar Productions
Distributed by Toddy Pictures Company
Release date December 30, 1938
Country USA
Language English
NOTES
The opening of the film is a dedication to African American in law enforcement signed by Harry M. Popkin.
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