Movie Description
Dead End Kids vs. Spies, Inc.
(1940)Overview
The Dead End Kids smash a spy ring in this feature-length version of the Universal serial Junior G-Men. Billy, the leader of the Dead End Kids, learns that his scientist father has been captured by the "Order of the Flaming Torch." This group of fifth columnists plans to use America's biggest brains to destroy the country from within. When the saboteurs outwit the gang's street smarts, the kids have no choice but to ask the FBI for help. The feds send in their own teenage contingent -- The Junior G-Men! Now the two groups must form an uneasy alliance, before the Order of the Flaming Torch can turn the U.S.A. into Amerika, the Evil Empire!
Featured Crew
- Director : Ford Beebe,John Rawlins
- Writer : George H. Plympton,Basil Dickey
- Editor : Alvin Todd,Louis Sackin,Joseph Gluck
- Cast : Billy Halop,Huntz Hall,Gabriel Dell,Bernard Punsly,Kenneth Lundy,Kenneth Howell,Roger Daniel,Phillip Terry,Russell Hicks,Cy Kendall,Ben Taggart,Victor Zimmerman,Edgar Edwards,Gene Rizzi,Florence Halop
Cast
Billy Barton
Gyp
Terry
Lug
Buck
Harry Trent
Midge
Jim Bradford
Colonel Barton
Brand
Severn
Corey
Evans
Foster
Mary
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Facts
Original TitleDead End Kids vs. Spies, Inc.
Status Released
Release Information
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1940-10-01
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 43m
Production CompaniesUniversal Pictures
Genres
- Thriller
- Action
- Drama
- Crime
- Adventure
