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Dead End Kids vs. Spies, Inc.

Dead End Kids vs. Spies, Inc.

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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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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

103 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

01 October 1940

Country

United States of America

Cast

Billy Halop

Billy Halop

Billy Barton

Huntz Hall

Huntz Hall

Gyp

Gabriel Dell

Gabriel Dell

Terry

Bernard Punsly

Bernard Punsly

Lug

Kenneth Lundy

Kenneth Lundy

Buck

Kenneth Howell

Kenneth Howell

Harry Trent

Roger Daniel

Roger Daniel

Midge

Phillip Terry

Phillip Terry

Jim Bradford

Russell Hicks

Russell Hicks

Colonel Barton

Cy Kendall

Cy Kendall

Brand

Ben Taggart

Ben Taggart

Severn

Victor Zimmerman

Victor Zimmerman

Corey

Edgar Edwards

Edgar Edwards

Evans

Gene Rizzi

Gene Rizzi

Foster

Florence Halop

Florence Halop

Mary

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