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Quick Info

Rating

5.0/10

Release1940

Runtime0h 58m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

RevenueN/A

Production

Paramount Pictures

Movie

Emergency Squad

1940

0h 58m

5.0

Drama

Action

Crime

Synopsis

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.

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