Gang Smashers

{{Short description|American film}}{{Infobox film

| image = Gang Smashers Poster 1938.jpg

| caption = 1938 Poster

| director = Leo C. Popkin

| story = Ralph Cooper

| producer = Harry M. Popkin

| starring = Nina Mae McKinney
Lawrence Criner
Monte Hawley
Reginald Fenderson
Mantan Moreland

| studio = Million Dollar Productions

| distributor = Toddy Pictures Company

| released = {{Film date|1938}}

| country = USA

| language = English

}}

Gang Smashers, also released as Gun Moll, is an American film released in 1938.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sTGSCgAAQBAJ&q=gang+smashers+1938&pg=PA225|title=African American Films Through 1959: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography|first=Larry|last=Richards|date=September 17, 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476610528|via=Google Books}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/jots.200015664/|title=GANG SMASHERS|website=Library of Congress}} It features an African American cast.{{Cite web|url=https://media.dream13.com/gang-smashers-1938/|title=Gang Smashers (1938) | DREAM13 Media}} Leo C. Popkin directed the Million Dollar Productions film from a screenplay by Ralph Cooper.{{Cite web |title= Film poster for Gang Smashers|url=https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2013.118.35?destination=explore/collection/search?edan_q=%252A%253A%252A&edan_fq%255B0%255D=p.edanmdm.indexedstructured.name%253A%2522Cooper%252C%2520Ralph%2522&edan_fq%255B1%255D=place%253A%2522United%2520States%2522&edan_fq%255B2%255D=topic%253A%2522Race%2520films%2522&edan_local=1 |website=nmaahc.si.edu}} The University of South Carolina libraries have an 8-page pressbook for the film.{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/930610818|title=Harry M. Popkin presents: "Gang Smashers" with Nina Mae McKinney - All colored cast. Lawrence Criner, Monte Hawley, Reginald Fenderson, and Mantan Moreland.|first=Nina Mae|last=McKinney|date=October 11, 1938|oclc=930610818|via=Open WorldCat}} Nina Mae McKinney stars in the film a thriller about the Harlem underworld and racketeering.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gT-DDwAAQBAJ&q=gang+smashers+1938&pg=PT40|title=Nina Mae McKinney: The Black Garbo|first=Stephen|last=Bourne|date=17 July 2012 |publisher=BearManor Media|via=Google Books}}

The opening of the film is a dedication to African Americans in law enforcement signed by Harry M. Popkin.