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Cast
Frank Graham
as Cosmo Jones
Edgar Kennedy
as Police Chief Murphy
Gale Storm
as Susan Fleming
Richard Cromwell
as Sgt. Pat Flanagan
Mantan Moreland
as Eustace Smith
Gwen Kenyon
as Phyllis Blake
Herbert Rawlinson
as Mr. James J. Blake
Tristram Coffin
as Jake Pelotti
Charles Jordan
as Biff Garr
Vince Barnett
as Henchman 'Gimp'
Movie Info & Details
Release Year1943
Runtime1h 02m
LanguageEnglish
CertificationNR
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery
Votes9
DirectorJames Tinling
WritersMichael L. Simmons, Walter Gering
TypeFeature Film
Rating4.6 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsCosmo Jones, Crime Smasher
About Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher
Cosmo Jones, a correspondence-school detective from a small town, comes to the big city to offer his services to the police. He happens by where a gangster is killed by an opposing gang. Socialite Phyllis Blake is running around with gang member Tom and the opposing gang plan on kidnapping her. Cosmo is with Sergeant Flanagan when the attempt is made in front of a night club, where a bystander is seriously wounded in the gun-battle. Police Chief Murphy blames Flanagan for the shooting and demotes him. Cosmo, with the aid of a porter, Eustace and Flanagan's fiancée, Susan, tries to find the killer. Phyllis is finally kidnapped and Cosmo decides the act was committed by one of the two gangs. He has her father place an ad in the newspaper that contact has been made with the kidnappers. Each gang thinks the other is pulling a double cross, and one gang wipes out the other.
Directed by James Tinling, Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher leans on a strong ensemble — Frank Graham, Edgar Kennedy, Gale Storm — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about crime titles of 1943.
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