Emergency Squad
5
58 minutes
1/5/1940
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.
Cast List
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
Sam Ash
as Fireman
Barbara Barondess
as Ada Miller
Henry Blair
as Ada's Son
Stanley Blystone
as Mack - Emergency Squad Sergeant
Wade Boteler
as Workman
George Bunny
as Mailman
Sonny Bupp
as Peter
Tommy Bupp
as Jimmy
A.S. Byron
as Apartment Man
Donald Curtis
as Ambulance Interne
Kenne Duncan
as Jack
Jimmie Dundee
as Jimmy
Jack Egan
as Reporter
Lillian Elliott
as Landlady
Maude Fealy
as Mother
Walter Fenner
as Doctor
Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian
as Workman
Weldon Heyburn
as Lennie - Squad Member with Newspaper
Darryl Hickman
as Bob
Carol Holloway
as Crying Wife at Hospital
George Humbert
as Italian Deli Manager
Jack Kennedy
as Mounted Policeman
Willard Kent
as Elevator Operator
George McKay
as Griggs
Ivan Miller
as Policeman
Howard M. Mitchell
as Elevator Operator
Rex Moore
as Elevator Operator
Norma Gene Nelson
as The Little Girl
Pat O'Malley
as Fire Captain
James Pierce
as Policeman
Catherine Proctor
as Emily
Wilfred Roberts
as Wally, Squad Member
Oscar Rudolph
as Photographer
James Seay
as Slim, Buller's Chauffeur
Frank Shannon
as Construction Supervisor at Elevator
Georgia Simmons
as Apartment Woman
Walter Tetley
as Matt
Eduardo Thomajan
as Butch, the Bomber
Zeffie Tilbury
as Mrs. Cobb