Lucha contra el crimen

It's not really fair of me to review movie serials because I'm not a big fan of them in general. As for specifics I can get into those as far as Gang Busters is concerned.

In a curious way this is actually relevant to today's times because what is being dealt with her is terrorism. But I'd like to think that some more realistic methods are being used today.

The head of the terrorists is Dr. Ralph Morgan who is both a scientist and a criminal. He's perfected a method of bringing folks back to life and in order to enjoy their resurrection he has to give his subjects little booster pills. When you've resurrected some hardened criminals that guarantees some absolute loyalty.

For a guy with this kind of power Morgan certainly thinks small. He only wants a change in the city administration for Mayor George Watts and Police Commissioner Joseph Crehan to resign and turn the city presumably over to him. I'd have aimed bigger than that, in fact Morgan is in a role that calls for Bela Lugosi or Boris Karloff type ghoulishness.

The lead cop on the case is Kent Taylor with sidekick Robert Armstrong. Tagging along is Lois Lane type reporter Irene Hervey who seems just to get in the way.

I watch these things and can hardly believe we took this stuff so seriously. Gangbusters takes its title from the popular radio show of the same name. The title and little else are taken.

I hope we deal with terrorists better today than what I see here.