Gang War (1940 film)
Gang War is an American film released in 1940.[1] It features an African American cast and was directed by Leo C. Popkin. It was produced by Million Dollar Productions. The film is about the rivalry between two gangs.[2]
In 1998, the Turner Classic Movies (TCM) television channel screened the film as part of a month-long showing of race films.[3]
Cast
[edit]- Ralph Cooper as Bob "Killer" Meade
- Gladys Snyder as Mazie "Sugar" Walford
- Reggie Fenderson as Danny
- Lawrence Criner as Lew Baron
- Monte Hawley as Bill[4]
- Jesse Brooks
- Johnny Thomas
- Maceo Sheffield (Maceo Bruce Sheffield)
- Charles Hawkins
- Robert Johnson
- Henry Roberts
- Harold Garrison[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Fetrow, Alan G. (October 11, 1994). Feature Films, 1940-1949: A United States Filmography. McFarland. ISBN 9780899509143 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "Gang War (1940) | UC Berkeley Library". www.lib.berkeley.edu.
- ^ "'Race' Movies: Separate and Unequaled". Los Angeles Times. June 28, 1998.
- ^ "Gang War". www.tcm.com.