Emergency Squad (1940)
DEATH-CHEATING...THRILL-CHASING...TROUBLE-SHOOTERS!
58 min
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.
- Release date
- January 5, 1940
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- William Henry as Peter Barton
- Louise Campbell as Betty Bryant
- Richard Denning as Dan Barton
- Robert Paige as Chester 'Chesty' Miller
- Anthony Quinn as Nick Buller
- John Miljan as Slade Wiley
- John Marston as Lt. Murdock
- Joseph Crehan as H. Tyler Joyce - Editor
- Boots the Dog as Boots
- Saddles the Dog as Saddles - Squad Dog
Crew
- Edward Dmytryk · Director
- Robert Musil · Writer
- Michael Raymond · Writer
- Garnett Weston · Writer
- Stuart Palmer · Writer
- Stuart Thompson · Cinematographer
- Everett Douglas · Editor