{{Short description|American film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | image = Gang Smashers Poster 1938.jpg | caption = 1938 Poster | director = Leo C. Popkin | story = Ralph Cooper | producer = Harry M. Popkin | starring = Nina Mae McKinney<br/>Lawrence Criner<br/>Monte Hawley<br/>Reginald Fenderson<br/>Mantan Moreland | studio = Million Dollar Productions | distributor = Toddy Pictures Company | released = {{Film date|1938}} | country = USA | language = English }} '''''Gang Smashers''''', also released as '''''Gun Moll''''', is an American film released in 1938.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sTGSCgAAQBAJ&q=gang+smashers+1938&pg=PA225|title=African American Films Through 1959: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography|first=Larry|last=Richards|date=September 17, 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476610528|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/jots.200015664/|title=GANG SMASHERS|website=Library of Congress}}</ref> It features an African American cast.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://media.dream13.com/gang-smashers-1938/|title=Gang Smashers (1938) | DREAM13 Media}}</ref> Leo C. Popkin directed the Million Dollar Productions film from a screenplay by Ralph Cooper.<ref name="nmaa">{{Cite web |title= Film poster for Gang Smashers|url=https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2013.118.35?destination=explore/collection/search?edan_q=%252A%253A%252A&edan_fq%255B0%255D=p.edanmdm.indexedstructured.name%253A%2522Cooper%252C%2520Ralph%2522&edan_fq%255B1%255D=place%253A%2522United%2520States%2522&edan_fq%255B2%255D=topic%253A%2522Race%2520films%2522&edan_local=1 |website=nmaahc.si.edu}}</ref> The University of South Carolina libraries have an 8-page pressbook for the film.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Harry M. Popkin presents: "Gang Smashers" with Nina Mae McKinney - All colored cast. Lawrence Criner, Monte Hawley, Reginald Fenderson, and Mantan Moreland.|first=Nina Mae|last=McKinney|date=October 11, 1938|oclc=930610818}}</ref> Nina Mae McKinney stars in the film a thriller about the Harlem underworld and racketeering.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gT-DDwAAQBAJ&q=gang+smashers+1938&pg=PT40|title=Nina Mae McKinney: The Black Garbo|first=Stephen|last=Bourne|date=17 July 2012 |publisher=BearManor Media|via=Google Books}}</ref>
The opening of the film is a dedication to African Americans in law enforcement signed by Harry M. Popkin.
==Plot== {{no plot|date=January 2024}}
==Cast== *Nina Mae McKinney *Laurence Criner *Monte Hawley *Mantan Moreland *Reginald Fenderson *Eddie Thompson *Neva Peoples, performing a song
==References== {{Reflist}}
Category:1938 films Category:1938 English-language films Category:Films directed by Leo C. Popkin Category:African-American films Category:American crime films Category:1938 American films