Emergency Squad

Emergency Squad (1940) is a drama, action film directed by Edward Dmytryk rated 7.0/10.

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

William Henry

Peter Barton

Louise Campbell

Betty Bryant

Richard Denning

Dan Barton

Robert Paige

Chester 'Chesty' Miller

Anthony Quinn

Nick Buller

John Miljan

Slade Wiley

John Marston

Lt. Murdock

Joseph Crehan

H. Tyler Joyce, editor

Sam Ash

Fireman

Barbara Barondess

Ada Miller

Henry Blair

Ada's Son

Stanley Blystone

Mack - Emergency Squad Sergeant