River Gang (1945)
MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE ! YOUTH Vs. A KILLER GANG!
An orphan girl lives with apparently kind uncle who turns out to be a murderer.
- Date of release
- 1945-09-21
- TMDB
- 9.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 0m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
- Director
- Charles David
Casting
- Gloria Jean — Wendy
- John Qualen — Uncle Bill
- Bill Goodwin — Mike
- Keefe Brasselle — Johnny
- Sheldon Leonard — Peg Leg
- Gus Schilling — Dopey Charlie
- Vince Barnett — Organ Grinder
- Robert Homans — Police Captain
- Jack Grimes — Goofy
- Mende Koenig — Butch
- Rocco Lanzo — Fatso
- Douglas Croft — Slug
Interesting facts
River Gang is a 1945 American crime film directed by Charles David and written by Leslie Charteris and Dwight V. Babcock. The film stars Gloria Jean, and features John Qualen, Bill Goodwin, Keefe Brasselle, Sheldon Leonard, Gus Schilling, and Vince Barnett. It was released on September 21, 1945, by Universal Pictures.
Production
The project was originally conceived by director Charles David and author Hugh Gray as Fairy Tale Murder, a psychological drama intended for Universal's singing star Deanna Durbin, who had been abandoning frothy musicals for grittier dramatic roles. When Durbin rejected the script, it was rewritten by author Leslie Charteris as a tough-teen drama similar to Universal's Little Tough Guys action films.
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