Emergency Squad

Emergency Squad

DEATH-CHEATING...THRILL-CHASING...TROUBLE-SHOOTERS!

1940 · 58 min · ★ 7.0 · Drama, Action, Crime

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.

Directed by Edward Dmytryk · Written by Stuart Palmer

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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

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