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The Crime Smasher is a 1943 American crime comedy film directed by James Tinling and starring Edgar Kennedy, Richard Cromwell and Gale Storm.[1] It is based on the Radio program Cosmo Jones featuring Frank Graham. The film's sets were designed by the art director Dave Milton. It is sometimes alternatively titled Cosmo Jones in the Crime Smasher.

The Crime Smasher
Directed by	James Tinling
Written by	Walter Gering Michael L. Simmons
Based on	Cosmo Jones by Frank Graham
Produced by	Lindsley Parsons
Starring	Edgar Kennedy, Richard Cromwell and Gale Storm
Cinematography	Mack Stengler
Edited by	Carl Pierson
Music by	Edward J. Kay
Production company	Monogram Pictures
Distributed by	Monogram Pictures
Release date	January 29, 1943
Running time	62 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Cast

• Edgar Kennedy as Police Chief Murphy
• Richard Cromwell as Sgt. Pat Flanagan
• Gale Storm as Susan Fleming
• Mantan Moreland as Eustace Smith
• Frank Graham as Professor Cosmo Jones
• Gwen Kenyon as Phyllis Blake
• Herbert Rawlinson as Mr. James J. Blake
• Tristram Coffin as Jake Pelotti
• Charles Jordan as Biff Garr
• Vince Barnett as Henchman "Gimp"
• Emmett Vogan as Police Commissioner Gould
• Maxine Leslie as Mrs. Jake Pelotti
• Mauritz Hugo as Tony Sandol - Gangster
• Sam Bernard as Gangster

References

Bibliography

• Tucker, David C. Gale Storm: A Biography and Career Record. McFarland, 2018.

External links

• Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher at IMDb
• Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher is available for free download at the Internet Archive

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