Acting
Wynne Gibson gives Mabel Weenie actual tragic dimension.
Direction
Edward L. Cahn crams a feature into 70 minutes like his rent's due.
Director
Edward L. Cahn
William Boyd
Joe Bradley
Wynne Gibson
Mabel Weenie
William Gargan
Steve Brennan
Betty Furness
Alice Averill
Reginald Mason
H.F. Averill
Edwin Maxwell
Tom Rourke
George E. Stone
Sammie "Kid" Jacobs
Merna Kennedy
Day File Clerk
Oscar Apfel
Dr. Schwarz
Jane Darwell
Nurse Brown (uncredited)
Paul Fix
Dr. Mason (uncredited)
Alberta Vaughn
Telephone Operator
Gertrude Sutton
Night Switchboard Operator
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Emergency Call slipped into theaters mere months before the Production Code enforcement began in July 1934, making its criminal-hero ambiguity almost instantly obsolete.
William Boyd would ditch gritty surgeon roles for cowboy hat immortality as Hopalong Cassidy just four years later.
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