United States / Jan 05, 1940
DEATH-CHEATING...THRILL-CHASING...TROUBLE-SHOOTERS!
58min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Joseph Crehan | H. Tyler Joyce, editor |
| Sam Ash | Fireman |
| Barbara Barondess | Ada Miller |
| Henry Blair | Ada's Son |
| Stanley Blystone | Mack - Emergency Squad Sergeant |
| Wade Boteler | Workman |
| George Bunny | Mailman |
| Sonny Bupp | Peter |
| Tommy Bupp | Jimmy |
| A.S. Byron | Apartment Man |
| Donald Curtis | Ambulance Interne |
| Kenne Duncan | Jack |
| Jimmie Dundee | Jimmy |
| Jack Egan | Reporter |
| Lillian Elliott | Landlady |
| Maude Fealy | Mother |
| Walter Fenner | Doctor |
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| Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian | Workman |
| Weldon Heyburn | Lennie - Squad Member with Newspaper |
| Darryl Hickman | Bob |
| Carol Holloway | Crying Wife at Hospital |
| George Humbert | Italian Deli Manager |
| Jack Kennedy | Mounted Policeman |
| Willard Kent | Elevator Operator |
| George McKay | Griggs |
| Ivan Miller | Policeman |
| Howard M. Mitchell | Elevator Operator |
| Rex Moore | Elevator Operator |
| Norma Gene Nelson | The Little Girl |
| Pat O'Malley | Fire Captain |
| James Pierce | Policeman |
| Catherine Proctor | Emily |
| Wilfred Roberts | Wally, Squad Member |
| Oscar Rudolph | Photographer |
| James Seay | Slim, Buller's Chauffeur |
| Frank Shannon | Construction Supervisor at Elevator |
| Georgia Simmons | Apartment Woman |
| Walter Tetley | Matt |
| Eduardo Thomajan | Butch, the Bomber |
| Zeffie Tilbury | Mrs. Cobb |
Genres
DramaActionCrime
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Emergency Squad |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | United States of America |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date | 5 gennaio 1940 |
| Executive producer | William LeBaron |
| Production | Stuart Walker |
| Writer | Stuart Palmer, Robert Musil, Michael Raymond, Garnett Weston |
| Editing | Everett Douglas |
| Cinematography | Stuart Thompson |
| Assistant directors | Mel Epstein, Edward Dmytryk |
| Camera operators | Stuart Thompson |
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| Additional photography | Stuart Thompson |
| Production design | Franz Bachelin, Hans Dreier, A. E. Freudeman |
| Art direction | Franz Bachelin, Hans Dreier, A. E. Freudeman |
| Set decoration | A. E. Freudeman, Franz Bachelin, Hans Dreier |
| Music | John Leipold, Leo Shuken, Charles Hisserich, Glenn Rominger |
| Sound | John Leipold, Leo Shuken, Charles Hisserich, Glenn Rominger |
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