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Dead End Kids vs. Spies, Inc.
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Dead End Kids vs. Spies, Inc.

1940-10-01 · 103 min · Not rated

Thriller · Action · Drama · Crime · Adventure

The Dead End Kids smash a spy ring in this feature-length version of the Universal serial Junior G-Men. Billy, the leader of the Dead End Kids, learns that his scientist father has been captured by the "Order of the Flaming Torch." This group of fifth columnists plans to use America's biggest brains to destroy the country from within. When the saboteurs outwit the gang's street smarts, the kids have no choice but to ask the FBI for help. The feds send in their own teenage contingent -- The Junior G-Men! Now the two groups must form an uneasy alliance, before the Order of the Flaming Torch can turn the U.S.A. into Amerika, the Evil Empire!

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Directors
John Rawlins, Ford Beebe
Production companies
Universal Pictures
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Billy HalopBilly HalopBilly Barton
Huntz HallHuntz HallGyp
Gabriel DellGabriel DellTerry
Bernard PunslyBernard PunslyLug
Kenneth LundyBuck
Kenneth HowellKenneth HowellHarry Trent
Roger DanielRoger DanielMidge
Phillip TerryPhillip TerryJim Bradford
Russell HicksRussell HicksColonel Barton
Cy KendallCy KendallBrand
Ben TaggartBen TaggartSevern
Victor ZimmermanCorey
Edgar EdwardsEdgar EdwardsEvans
Gene RizziGene RizziFoster
Florence HalopFlorence HalopMary

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