River Gang is a 1945 American crime film directed by Charles David and written by Leslie Charteris and Dwight V. Babcock.

The film stars Gloria Jean, John Qualen, Bill Goodwin, Keefe Brasselle, Sheldon Leonard, Gus Schilling and Vince Barnett.

[1][2][3] Wendy (Gloria Jean), a naive young girl, lives with her kindly Uncle Bill (John Qualen), who has sheltered her from life by instilling a belief in fairy-tales and make-believe.

Uncle Bill, a pawn shop owner buy a violin from shady character, Peg-Leg ('Sheldon Leonard' )qv)).

When Johnny (Keefe Brasselle, a neighborhood boy and friend of Wendy, connects the violin with the theft of a Stradivarius from a murdered composer, he is kidnapped by a group of thugs.