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Emergency Call

"LOVE MUST WAIT WHILE THESE BRAVE MEN RISK THEIR LIVES TO SAVE LIFE!"

1933

1h 10m

6.3(6 votes)

Drama

Overview

A surgeon and an ambulance driver fight racketeers who take over their hospital.

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14 members

Acting

William Boyd

Joe Bradley

Acting

Wynne Gibson

Mabel Weenie

Acting

William Gargan

Steve Brennan

Acting

Betty Furness

Alice Averill

Acting

Reginald Mason

H.F. Averill

Acting

Edwin Maxwell

Tom Rourke

Acting

George E. Stone

Sammie "Kid" Jacobs

Acting

Merna Kennedy

Day File Clerk

Acting

Oscar Apfel

Dr. Schwarz

Acting

Ruth Fallows

Mildred

No Image

Acting

Jane Darwell

Nurse Brown (uncredited)

Acting

Paul Fix

Dr. Mason (uncredited)

Acting

Alberta Vaughn

Telephone Operator

Acting

Gertrude Sutton

Night Switchboard Operator

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