Emergency Squad (1940)
Overview
Betty Bryant is an ambitious newspaper reporter in love with Dan Barton, a member of a big-city Emergency Squad who are trained to deal with riots, cave-in, explosions, fires and other emergencies where lives are at stake. Slade Wiley, an unscrupulous tunnel builder, finds that his low bid on the Newford Tunnel project is causing him to lose a lot of money, and has underworld leader Nick Burton set off blasts to frighten the stockholders into selling their shares at a low price so he can buy up the stock. Betty is investigating the deal when Wiley and Burton take her on a "tour trip" to the tunnel.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 2.781 |
Directed By
Edward Dmytryk
Crew
Edward Dmytryk
Stuart Palmer
Michael Raymond
Robert Musil
Garnett Weston
Franz Bachelin
William LeBaron
John Leipold
Mel Epstein
A. E. Freudeman
Leo Shuken
Everett Douglas
Hans Dreier
Stuart Walker
Stuart Thompson
Charles Hisserich
Glenn Rominger
TOP CAST
William Henry
Peter Barton
Louise Campbell
Betty Bryant
Richard Denning
Dan Barton
Robert Paige
Chester 'Chesty' Miller
Anthony Quinn
Nick Buller
John Miljan
Slade Wiley
John Marston
Lt. Murdock
Joseph Crehan
H. Tyler Joyce, editor
Sam Ash
Fireman
Barbara Barondess
Ada Miller
Henry Blair
Ada's Son
Stanley Blystone
Mack - Emergency Squad Sergeant
Wade Boteler
Workman
George Bunny
Mailman
Sonny Bupp
Peter
Tommy Bupp
Jimmy
A.S. Byron
Apartment Man
Donald Curtis
Ambulance Interne
Kenne Duncan
Jack
Jimmie Dundee
Jimmy
Jack Egan
Reporter
Lillian Elliott
Landlady
Maude Fealy
Mother
Walter Fenner
Doctor
Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian
Workman
Weldon Heyburn
Lennie - Squad Member with Newspaper
Darryl Hickman
Bob
Carol Holloway
Crying Wife at Hospital
George Humbert
Italian Deli Manager
Jack Kennedy
Mounted Policeman
Willard Kent
Elevator Operator
George McKay
Griggs
Ivan Miller
Policeman
Howard M. Mitchell
Elevator Operator
Rex Moore
Elevator Operator
Norma Gene Nelson
The Little Girl
Pat O'Malley
Fire Captain
James Pierce
Policeman
Catherine Proctor
Emily
Wilfred Roberts
Wally, Squad Member
Oscar Rudolph
Photographer
James Seay
Slim, Buller's Chauffeur
Frank Shannon
Construction Supervisor at Elevator
Georgia Simmons
Apartment Woman
Walter Tetley
Matt
Eduardo Thomajan
Butch, the Bomber
Zeffie Tilbury
Mrs. Cobb
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