Gang Smashers

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Gang Smashers

"IT BLASTS THE LID OFF HARLEM RACKETS!"

1938

0h 57m

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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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19 members

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Nina Mae McKinney

Laura Jackson

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Laurence Criner

Gat Dalton

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Monte Hawley

Lefty

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Mantan Moreland

Gloomy

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Reginald Fenderson

Nick

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Edward Thompson

Doyle

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Vernon McCalla

Police Captain

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Charles Hawkins

Gopher

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Everett Brown

Police Lieutenant

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Lester Wilkins

2nd Police Officer

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Neva Peoples

Cararet Entertainer

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Arthur Ray

Bowers

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Bo Jinkins

Cabaret Entertainer

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John Criner Jr.

Wells

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Maggie Hathaway

Dander

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Guernsey Morrow

2nd Collector

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Jewel Smith

Police Desk Officer

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Mildred Boyd

Nightclub Patron

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Edward Brandon

One of the Policemen

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