Emergency Squad
1940, English. Directed by Edward Dmytryk.
DEATH-CHEATING...THRILL-CHASING...TROUBLE-SHOOTERS!
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.
- Runtime
- 0h 58m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Edward DmytrykDirector
- William HenryPeter Barton
- Louise CampbellBetty Bryant
- Richard DenningDan Barton
- Robert PaigeChester 'Chesty' Miller
- Anthony QuinnNick Buller
- John MiljanSlade Wiley
- John MarstonLt. Murdock
- Joseph CrehanH. Tyler Joyce, editor
- Sam AshFireman
- Barbara BarondessAda Miller
- Henry BlairAda's Son
- Stanley BlystoneMack - Emergency Squad Sergeant
Details
- Released
- 5 January 1940
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Stuart Palmer, Robert Musil, Michael Raymond
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Emergency Squad runs 58 minutes (0h 58m).
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Emergency Squad isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 5 January 1940. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed Emergency Squad?
Emergency Squad (1940) was directed by Edward Dmytryk and stars William Henry, Louise Campbell, Richard Denning.