''The Crime Smasher'' is a 1943 American
crime comedy film directed by
James Tinling and starring
Edgar Kennedy,
Richard Cromwell and
Gale Storm.
[Tucker p.67] It is based on the Radio program ''Cosmo Jones'' featuring
Frank Graham. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games.
It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
Dave Milton
Dave Milton (1888–1979) was an American art director.Pitts p.318 He spent his career at Monogram Pictures where he was a prolific contributor to the studio's films, working on more than three hundred. He is sometimes credited as David Milton.
S ...
. It is sometimes
alternatively titled ''Cosmo Jones in the Crime Smasher''.
Cast
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Edgar Kennedy as Police Chief Murphy
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Richard Cromwell as Sgt. Pat Flanagan
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Gale Storm as Susan Fleming
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Mantan Moreland as Eustace Smith
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Frank Graham as Professor Cosmo Jones
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Gwen Kenyon as Phyllis Blake
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Herbert Rawlinson as Mr. James J. Blake
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Tristram Coffin as Jake Pelotti
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Charles Jordan as Biff Garr
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Vince Barnett as Henchman "Gimp"
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Emmett Vogan as Police Commissioner Gould
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Maxine Leslie
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People
Maxine is a feminine given name.
* Maxine Andrews (1916–1995), member of The Andrews Sisters singing trio
* Maxine Audley (1923–1992), English actress
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as Mrs. Jake Pelotti
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Mauritz Hugo as Tony Sandol - Gangster
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Sam Bernard as Gangster
References
Bibliography
* Tucker, David C. ''Gale Storm: A Biography and Career Record''. McFarland, 2018.
External links
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1943 films
1943 romantic drama films
American mystery films
1943 crime drama films
1940s English-language films
American black-and-white films
Monogram Pictures films
American crime drama films
American romantic drama films
Films directed by James Tinling
1940s American films
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