Movie Cosmos - Gang Bullets

Description:

A Capone-like racketeer named Anderson, who after being chased out of one town by the authorities immediately sets up shop in another. Unable to get any tangible evidence against Anderson, DA Wayne orders his assistant Carter to dig up some dirt on the gangster boss. To do this, Carter pretends to turned crooked, joining Anderson's gang in order to accumulate evidence. Alas, Carter's girl friend Patricia knows nothing of her boyfriend's subterfuge, and she suspects the worst.

Top Cast >

Anne Nagel

As Patricia Wayne

Robert Kent

As John Carter

Charles Trowbridge

As Dexter Wayne

Morgan Wallace

As 'Big Bill' Anderson

J. Farrell MacDonald

As Chief Reardon

John T. Murray

As Horace Meade

Joseph Crehan

As Wallace

Benny Bartlett

As Billy Jones

John Merton

As Red Hampton

Roger Williams

As George Stanley

John Dilson

As Capt. Brown

Donald Kerr

As Joe Armstrong

Frank Hall Crane

As Mr. William Jones (uncredited)

Kernan Cripps

As Police Stenographer (uncredited)

Edward Hearn

As Detective Craig (uncredited)

Isabel La Mal

As Mrs. Jones (uncredited)

William Lally

As Court Clerk (uncredited)

Frank LaRue

As Grand Jury Foreman (uncredited)

Stanley Mack

As Al (uncredited)

Tom McGuire

As Police Officer Clancy (uncredited)

Frank Nelson

As Radio Announcer (uncredited)

Jack O'Shea

As Henchman (uncredited)

Hal Price

As Dry Cleaners Owner (uncredited)

Cully Richards

As Comic Bit (uncredited)

Jack C. Smith

As Bailiff (uncredited)

Martin Spellman

As Young Boy (uncredited)

Harry Strang

As Tom (uncredited)

William Worthington

As Judge (uncredited)

Duke York

As Collins (uncredited)

Carleton Young

As Hank Newell (uncredited)

Top Crew >

Lambert Hillyer

Director

John T. Neville

Screenplay

E.B. Derr

Producer

Frank Melford

Associate Producer

Arthur Martinelli

Director of Photography

Russell F. Schoengarth

Editor

Frank Dexter

Art Direction

Eddie Stein

Assistant Director

Duke York

Stunts

Abe Meyer

Music Director

Eugene Joseff

Costume Design

Karl Zint

Sound Recordist

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (6/10)

B-movie regular Charles Trowbridge is the District Attorney "Wayne" who is constantly playing a cat and mouse game with savvy crook "Big Bill" (Morgan Wallace). Thanks to the latter man's army of lawyers and henchmen, "Wayne" usually comes off empty-handed until he alights on a cunning plan to use his deputy "Carter" (Robert Kent) who is engaged to his daughter "Patricia" (Anna Nagel) to set up the mother of all sting operations that might just expose their quarry to charges even he can't argue away. The production and the acting are both a bit basic and there's way too much dialogue as the scenarios stray into the faintly ridiculous, but the last ten minutes are quite enjoyably strung together using an old grenade and loads of brass neck. Standard fayre you'll never remember, but it passes an hour ok.

2024-01-06