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 monthlong showing of race films.[3]

Cast
  • 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
  1. Fetrow, Alan G. (October 11, 1994). "Feature Films, 1940-1949: A United States Filmography". McFarland – via Google Books.
  2. "Gang War (1940) | UC Berkeley Library". www.lib.berkeley.edu.
  3. "'Race' Movies: Separate and Unequaled". Los Angeles Times. June 28, 1998.
  4. "Gang War". www.tcm.com.
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