State Police (1938)
The state police try to break up racketeering in a coal mining town.
Top billed cast
John 'Dusty' KingSgt. Dan Prescott
William LundiganPvt. Smith / Bill Clarke
Constance MooreHelen Evans
Larry J. BlakeTrigger Magee
J. Farrell MacDonaldCharlie Wheeler
David OliverCorporal Duffy
Ted OsborneJack Evans
Pierre WatkinCol. C.B. Clarke
Guy UsherHughes
Charles C. WilsonCaptain Halstead
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