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Gang Smashers

Dec 30, 1938

0h 57m

★ 0.0

IT BLASTS THE LID OFF HARLEM RACKETS!

Overview

An undercover police woman poses as a nighclub entertainer to catch the main man behind the racketeers going on around Harlem. Meanwhile two men are falling for her.

Genres

Crime

Music

Production Companies

Million Dollar Productions

Gang Smashers Trailers

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Cast

Laura Jackson

Nina Mae McKinney

Gat Dalton

Laurence Criner

Lefty

Monte Hawley

Gloomy

Mantan Moreland

Nick

Reginald Fenderson

Doyle

Edward Thompson

Police Captain

Vernon McCalla

Gopher

Charles Hawkins

Police Lieutenant

Everett Brown

2nd Police Officer

Lester Wilkins

Cararet Entertainer

Neva Peoples

Bowers

Arthur Ray

Honey Daniels dreams of making a name for herself as a hip-hop choreographer. When she's not busy hitting downtown clubs with her friends, she teaches dance classes at a nearby community center in Harlem, N.Y., as a way to keep kids off the streets. Honey thinks she's hit the jackpot when she meets a hotshot director casts her in one of his music videos. But, when he starts demanding sexual favors from her, Honey makes a decision that will change her life.

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6.4

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6.7

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6.9

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7.6

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5.3

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0.0

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6.0

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5.6

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5.5

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5.3

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8.0

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6.2

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4.5

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7.6

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5.3

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0.0

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