Emergency Squad

Emergency Squad

58 mins | Drama, Crime, Action | Jan. 5, 1940

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.

Emergency Squad

58 mins | Drama, Crime, Action | Jan. 5, 1940

Emergency Squad
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.
Producers Paramount
Original title Emergency Squad
Directors Mel Epstein, Edward Dmytryk
Writers Michael Raymond, Garnett Weston, Robert Musil, Stuart Palmer

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

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

Weldon Heyburn

as Lennie - Squad Member with Newspaper

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

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