Gang Smashers

Gang Smashers, also released as Gun Moll, is an American film released in 1938.^[1][2] It features an African American cast.^[3] Leo C. Popkin directed the Million Dollar Productions film from a screenplay by Ralph Cooper.^[4] The University of South Carolina libraries have an 8-page pressbook for the film.^[5] Nina Mae McKinney stars in the film a thriller about the Harlem underworld and racketeering.^[6]

Gang Smashers
1938 Poster
Directed by	Leo C. Popkin
Story by	Ralph Cooper
Produced by	Harry M. Popkin
Starring	Nina Mae McKinney Lawrence Criner Monte Hawley Reginald Fenderson Mantan Moreland
Production company	Million Dollar Productions
Distributed by	Toddy Pictures Company
Release date	1938 (1938)
Country	USA
Language	English

The opening of the film is a dedication to African American in law enforcement signed by Harry M. Popkin.

Plot

Cast

• Nina Mae McKinney
• Laurence Criner
• Monte Hawley
• Mantan Moreland
• Reginald Fenderson
• Eddie Thompson
• Neva Peoples, performing a song

References

1. Richards, Larry (September 17, 2015). African American Films Through 1959: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography. McFarland. ISBN 9781476610528 – via Google Books.
2. "GANG SMASHERS". Library of Congress.
3. "Gang Smashers (1938) | DREAM13 Media".
4. "Film poster for Gang Smashers". nmaahc.si.edu.
5. McKinney, Nina Mae (October 11, 1938). Harry M. Popkin presents: "Gang Smashers" with Nina Mae McKinney - All colored cast. Lawrence Criner, Monte Hawley, Reginald Fenderson, and Mantan Moreland. OCLC 930610818 – via Open WorldCat.
6. Bourne, Stephen (17 July 2012). "Nina Mae McKinney: The Black Garbo". BearManor Media – via Google Books.