Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher 81 years old

Radio's crack-brain criminologist stands headquarters on its head in his first raid on screen gangsters!

Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher

Cosmo Jones, a correspondence-school detective from a small town, comes to the big city to offer his services to the police. He happens by where a gangster is killed by an opposing gang. Socialite Phyllis Blake is running around with gang member Tom and the opposing gang plan on kidnapping her. Cosmo is with Sergeant Flanagan when the attempt is made in front of a night club, where a bystander is seriously wounded in the gun-battle. Police Chief Murphy blames Flanagan for the shooting and demotes him. Cosmo, with the aid of a porter, Eustace and Flanagan's fiancée, Susan, tries to find the killer. Phyllis is finally kidnapped and Cosmo decides the act was committed by one of the two gangs. He has her father place an ad in the newspaper that contact has been made with the kidnappers. Each gang thinks the other is pulling a double cross, and one gang wipes out the other.

Credits

Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher Cast

Name Character
Edgar Kennedy He was 52, 58 years old when he died as Police Chief Murphy
Gale Storm She was 20, 87 years old when she died as Susan Fleming
Emmett Vogan He was 49, 76 years old when he died as Police Commissioner Gould
Tris Coffin He was 33, 80 years old when he died as Jake Pelotti
Herbert Rawlinson He was 57, 67 years old when he died as Mr. James J. Blake
Mauritz Hugo He was 34, 65 years old when he died as Tony Sandol - Gangster
Mantan Moreland He was 40, 71 years old when he died as Eustace Smith
Frank Graham He was 28, 35 years old when he died as Cosmo Jones
Gwen Kenyon He was 27, 83 years old when he died as Phyllis Blake
Sam Bernard He was 79, 63 years old when he died as Gangster
Charles Jordan He was 69, 90 years old when he died as Biff Garr
Richard Cromwell He was 316, 85 years old when he died as Sgt. Pat Flanagan
Maxine Leslie as Mrs. Jake Pelotti
Vince Barnett He was 40, 75 years old when he died as Henchman 'Gimp'

Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher Crew

Name Department
Carl Pierson as Editor. He was 51 (85) years old when He died Editing
Lindsley Parsons as Producer. He was 37 (87) years old when He died Production
Mack Stengler as Director of Photography. He was 47 (66) years old when He died Camera
James Tinling as Director. He was 53 (78) years old when He died Directing
Frank Graham as Original Concept. He was 28 (35) years old when He died Writing
Edward J. Kay as Music Director. He was 44 (75) years old when He died Sound
Dave Milton as Art Direction. He was 54 (90) years old when He died Art
Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher poster
Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher (81 years)

Radio's crack-brain criminologist stands headquarters on its head in his first raid on screen gangsters!

  • Release day: Friday, January 29, 1943
  • Runtime: 62 minutes