Double Cross (1941)

A gambling joint run by Fay Saunders is raided by the police. Fay grabs the pistol of her sweetheart, police officer Steved Bronson, and kills one of the raiding policemen.Steve seizes the ... See full summary »

Director:

Albert H. Kelley

Writers:

John A. Albert (original story), Milton Raison (screenplay),

Stars:

Wynne Gibson, Kane Richmond, John Miljan

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Wynne Gibson	...	Fay Saunders
Kane Richmond	...	Jim Murray
John Miljan	...	Nick Taggart
Pauline Moore	...	Ellen Bronson
Mary Gordon	...	Mrs. Murray
Robert Homans	...	Capt. Murray
Frank Moran	...	Cookie (as Frank C. Moran)
Heinie Conklin	...	Miggs
William Halligan	...	Mayor
Richard Beach	...	Steve Bronson
Charles Miller	...	Mayor Frawley
Daisy Ford	...	Nurse
Edward Keane	...	Commissioner Trent (as Edmund Keane)
Walter Shumway	...	Sergeant Tucker
Ted Wray	...	Police Sgt. Rand

Storyline

A gambling joint run by Fay Saunders is raided by the police. Fay grabs the pistol of her sweetheart, police officer Steved Bronson, and kills one of the raiding policemen.Steve seizes the gun from her and is riddled by hie fellow officers who think he has turned on them. Steve, on his hospital death-bed tells his friend and fellow officer, Jim Murray, the real story, and Jim sets out to clear Steve's name.

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Plot Keywords:

police officer | gun moll | motorcycle | bound and gagged | mayor | 

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Taglines:

THEY RACE WITH DEATH...AND GAMBLE WITH LOVE!

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 June 1941 (USA)

Also Known As:

Motorcycle Squad

Company Credits

Production Co:

Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

61 min 29 min (TV) (edited)

Sound Mix:

Mono Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Edited down to less than thirty minutes, it was sold to television in the early 1950's as part of a syndicated half hour series called Action Theatre.

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Goofs

During the chase scene at the end of the picture, Taggart and his boys began firing on the cops following them, and they appeared to be shooting through some sort of opening in the rear of the van. However an exterior view of the Dollar Van revealed that the outside walls of the vehicle were solid. The cops giving chase were shooting blind into the van, and wound up killing all the mobsters inside.

User Reviews

Par for the Course

This is one of those crime dramas where not much happens and the main character does things he should not be able to. It involves a self imposed undercover situation where a cop acts like he is going bad to get into a crime group. It is basically dull and silly. It has little if any suspense. The characters aren't all that attractive and the cause is a bit hard to swallow. There is a supposed thread of integrity at stake, but mostly it goes about going right where we think it will go. It's as if they needed to get the movie out without putting much time in on it. The actors sleepwalk and talk in little bursts. The B movie didn't demand much. I can see those kids on Saturday morning enjoying the car chases and the gunshots being fired. They really weren't much interested in a story.