Young Dynamite (1937)
A young, newly-appointed rookie state trooper, John Shields, is celebrating with his sister Jane, his younger brother Freddie and Tom Marlin, Jane's fiancé and also a trooper, when they hear over the radio that two bandits have just killed a lawyer and his watchman. John and Tom set out in their patrol cars in hopes of capturing the killers, followed by Freddie who hopes some day to qualify as a trooper. Freddie encounters the two two bandits, Spike Doland and Butch and manages to get away with the bag of gold they had stolen. While chasing Freddie they are recognized by John who they kill when he tries to arrest them. Freddie then takes matters into his own hands in seeking to capture the killers of his brother.
- Date of release
- 1937-12-15
- TMDB
- 4.5 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 57m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Director
- Leslie Goodwins
Casting
- Frankie Darro — Freddie Shields
- Kane Richmond — Tom Marlin
- Charlotte Henry — Jane Shields
- Willy Castello — Flash Slavin
- David Sharpe — John Shields
- Carleton Young — Spike Dolan
- Pat Gleason — Joseph 'Butch' Barker
- Frank Austin — Endenberry / Doc Clark
- Frank Sarasino — Tony - the Peddler / Rankin - U.S. Secret Service
- Earl Dwire — Finnegan
Interesting facts
Young Dynamite is a 1937 American crime film directed by Leslie Goodwins from a screenplay by Joseph O'Donnell and Stanley Roberts, adaptation by Arthur G. Durlam. The film stars Frankie Darro, Kane Richmond, and Charlotte Henry.
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