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Movie Serials N - Z
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New Adventures of Tarzan, The Date of Release : 31st May, 1935 Studio : Burroughs-Tarzan Enterprises Starring Bruce Bennett, Ula Holt, Ashton Dearholt & Frank Baker Directed by Edward A. Kull 12 Chapters & 240 mins - Chapter 1 is 42 mins, the rest are about 18 mins each Synopsis : Deep in the jungles of Guatemala lies The Green Goddess, an idol worshiped by a primitive tribe. The totem contains both a valuable cache of jewels and the formula to a powerful explosive which could change the shape of warfare as we know it. Major Francis Martling is travelling to Guatemala to find the Goddess and make sure it's deadly secret does not fall into the wrong hands; on the other end of the scale of virtue is Raglan, a mercenary who has been hired to find the Green Goddess and the formula. En route to Guatemala, the men encounter Lord Greystoke, a British nobleman who was lost in the jungles as a child and learned to fend for himself in the wilds, where the animals and natives called him Tarzan. Greystoke is searching for the whereabouts of his friend Paul d'Arnot when he hears of Martling's urgent mission, and Raglan's plan to use the Green Goddess for evil purposes. Edgar Rice Burroughs, the author who created Tarzan, produced this serial which he hoped would be a more accurate interpretation of his character than the series being produced at MGM at the same time. Shot on location in Guatemala. Note: A nicely restored print!
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
Boxed Set with Hawk of the Wildernesss: AU$30 or US$30 or £18
Boxed Set with Daredevils of the Red Circle, Fighting Devil Dogs & Hawk of the Wildernesss: AU$40 or US$40 or £25
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Oregon Trail, The Date of Release : May, 1939 Studio : Universal Studios Starring Johnny Mack Brown, Louise Stranley, Fuzzy Knight, Bill Cody Jr. & Forrest Taylor Directed by Ford Beebe & Saul A. Goodkind 15 Chapters & 300 mins - each chapter is about 20 mins Synopsis : Wagon trains are not making it to Oregon and Jeff Scott has been sent to investigate. Morgan, the representative of an eastern syndicate, controls the fur trade and does not want the area settled. So he sends his men lead by Bull Bragg to stop the latest wagon train. Scott is quickly on to Bragg and repeatedly captures him only to have him escape before he can reveal whom is responsible for the attacks.
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
Boxed Set with Flaming Frontiers : AU$30 or US$30 or £18
Boxed Set with Fighting With Kit Carson, Flaming Frontiers, The Rustlers of Red Dog & Wild West Days: : AU$43 or US$45 or £28
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Overland with Kit Carson Date of Release : 21st July 1939 Studio : Columbia Studios Starring Bill Elliott, Iris Meredith, Trevor Bardette & Richard Fiske Directed by Sam Nelson & Norman Deming 15 Chapters & 270 mins Synopsis : A group of outlaws known as the Black Raiders are driving out the settlers and trappers in the west so that they can set up their criminal empire. The leader of this group is known only as the Pegleg, who uses the Indians to help his criminal endeavour. The US Government sends scout Kit Carson to investigate along with army officer David Brent.
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
Boxed Set with The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok : AU$30 or US$30 or £18
Boxed Set with Fighting With Kit Carson : AU$30 or US$30 or £18
Boxed Set with The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok + The Valley of Vanishing Men : AU$35 or US$35 or £22
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Painted Stallion, The Date of Release : 5th June, 1937 Studio : Republic Pictures Starring Ray Corrigan, Hoot Gibson, Hal Taliaferro, Jack Perrin & Duncan Renaldo Directed by William Witney, Alan James & Ray Taylor 12 Chapters & 215 mins - Chapter 1 is 27 mins, the rest are 17 mins each Synopsis : The period is the 1820's and the first wagon train leaves Independence heading west to Santa Fe. In order to maintain his power, the ruthless Official at Santa Fe must not let them arrive and he sends out his men to stop them. The wagon train then has to endure repeated attacks but is aided by a mysterious rider that shoots singing arrows and rides a painted stallion.
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
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Panther Girl of the Kongo Date of Release : 3rd January, 1955 Studio : Republic Pictures Starring Phyllis Coates, Myron Healey, Arthur Space, John Daheim & Mike Regan Directed by Franklyn Adreon 12 Chapters & 163 mins - Chapter 1 is 20 mins, the rest are 13 mins each Synopsis : Jean Evans of an international wildlife foundation has made herself at home in Africa as the elephant-riding, vine-swinging, "Panther Girl". On safari, Jean and her hunter friend Larry encounter a giant crayfish monster which has created by a greedy scientist who hopes to scare the locals off, then secretly mine diamonds
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
Boxed Set with Jungle Drums of Africa : AU$30 or US$30 or £18
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Perils of Nyoka (aka Nyoka and the Tigermen) Date of Release : 27th June, 1942 Studio : Republic Pictures Starring Kay Aldridge, Clayton Moore, William Benedict, Lorna Gray & Charles Middleton Directed by William Witney 15 Chapters & 266 mins - Chapter 1 is 28 mins, the rest are 17 mins each Synopsis : Professor Campbell's expedition in Libya obtains a papyrus which might reveal the hiding place of the Golden Tablets of Hippocrates, containing lost medical secrets. Nyoka Gordon, seeking her father who was lost on a previous expedition, is the only one who can translate the papyrus. But Vultura, Queen of the Desert, and her Arab ally Cassib are both greedy for the treasure and have their own agenda.
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
Boxed Set with Edgar Rice Burroughs' Jungle Girl : AU$30 or US$30 or £18
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Perils of Pauline, The Date of Release : January 1934 Studio : Universal Studios Starring Evalyn Knapp, Robert Allen, Enfield and Craig Reynolds, James Durkin & John Davidson Directed by Ray Taylor 12 Chapters & 240 mins - each chapter is about 20 mins each Synopsis : A famous scientist and his beautiful daughter travel to Indochina to find an ivory disc that has the formula for a deadly gas engraved on it. An evil doctor and his gang are also looking for it.
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
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Perils of the Darkest Jungle (aka The Tiger Woman) Date of Release : 8th May, 1944 Studio : Republic Pictures Starring Allan "Rocky" Lane, Linda Sterling, Duncan Renaldo & George J. Lewis Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet & Wallace A. Grissell 12 Chapters & 201 mins - Chapter 1 is 25 mins, the rest are 16 mins each Synopsis : A beautiful white jungle goddess and a two-fisted trouble shooter battle money mad oil profiteers attempting to secure oil rich lands that belong to a peaceful tribe of South American natives.
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Perils of the Royal MountedDate of Release : May 24th 1942 Studio : Columbia Studios Starring Robert Kellard, Nell O'day, Kenneth Macdonald, John Elliott & Richard Fiske Directed by James W. Horne 15 Chapters & 295 mins - Chapter 1 is 29 mins, the rest are 19 mins each Synopsis : The trading post of Sitkawan, Canada is stunned one morning to learn that the previously peaceful Indians attacked and massacred the settlers aboard a fur-bearing wagon train. This has implications for the planned building a railroad through the wilderness. Sergeant MacLane investigates and finds that the attackers were really renegade white men led by Mort Ransome. Ransome has conspired with Black Bear, medicine man of the tribe, to persuades a number of rebellious braves to take the warpath.
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
Boxed Set with Gunfighters of the Northwest : AU$30 or US$30 or £18
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Phantom, TheDate of Release : December 24th 1943 Studio : Columbia Studios Starring Tom Tyler, Kenneth Macdonald, Frank Shannon & Jeanne Bates Directed by B. Reeves Eason 15 Chapters & 266 mins - Chapter 1 is 28 mins, the rest are 17 mins each Synopsis : The Phantom rules over the jungle, maintaining the peace over all the native tribes. He is said to be immortal, but in truth he is part of a family business: when one Phantom gets too old or dies, his son takes up the reins and dons the suit. This happens to Prescott, the son of the last Phantom, who rushes to his father's deathbed. His father was killed by a poison dart, shot by those who wanted to use the natives for their own purposes, in order to build a secret airbase at the lost city of Zoloz. Prescott was to have been one of an archaeological expedition searching for that city, led by Professor Davidson and accompanied by his lovely daughter Diana. The professor has carved pieces of ivory that when put together like a jigsaw puzzle gives the location of the city, but a vital piece is missing. The new and inexperienced Phantom has as his mission to help the professor find the missing key, and defeat those who would disrupt the peace of the jungle. Based on the Lee Falk comic-strip.
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
Boxed Set with Mandrake, the Magician : AU$30 or US$30 or £18
Boxed Set with Adventures of Captain Africa : AU$30 or US$30 or £18
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Phantom Empire, The Date of Release : 23rd February, 1935 Studio : Mascot Pictures Starring Gene Autry, Franckie Darro, Betsy King, Dorothy Christie & Wheeler Oakman Directed by Otto Brower & B. Reeves Eason 12 Chapters & 230 mins - Chapter 1 is 30 mins, the rest are 18 mins Synopsis : When the ancient continent of Mu sank beneath the ocean, some of its inhabitant survived in caverns beneath the sea. Cowboy singer Gene Autry stumbles upon the civilization, now buried beneath his own Radio Ranch. The Muranians have developed technology and weaponry such as television and ray guns. Their rich supply of radium draws unscrupulous speculators from the surface. The peaceful civilization of the Muranians is corrupted by the greed from above, and it becomes Autry's task to prevent all-out war.
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
Boxed Set with Undersea Kingdom : AU$30 or US$30 or £18
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Phantom of the West, The Date of Release : 1st January, 1931 Studio : Mascot Pictures Starring Tom Tyler, William Desmond, Dorothy Gulliver, Tom Santschi & Tom Dugan Directed by Ross Lederman 10 Chapters & 166 mins - Chapter 1 is 22 mins, the rest are 16 mins Synopsis : A young man's father is murdered and the man convicted of the crime escapes prison, leaving a note intimating that seven local men know the real killer's true identity. The murdered man's son sets out to locate the seven men and find his father's slayer.
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
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Phantom Rider, The Date of Release : 6th July, 1936 Studio : Universal Studios Starring Buck Jones, Marla Shelton, Diana Gibson, Harry Woods & Frank LaRue Directed by Ray Taylor 15 Chapters & 290 mins - all Chapters are about 20 minutes each Synopsis : Outlaws try to gain control over Hidden Valley Ranch and its surrounding acres, knowing that a railroad is going to buy a right-of-way through the property. They are also aware that there is a hidden gold mine on the land. A map showing the location of the mine passes back and forth between Buck Grant and his principal antagonist Harcey Delaney. To thwart Delaney and not give away his identity, Buck becomes The Phantom Rider.
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
Boxed Set with White Eagle: AU$30 or US$30 or £18
Boxed Set with Gordon of Ghost City, The Roaring West & White Eagle: AU$40 or US$40 or £25
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Phantom Rider, The Date of Release : 26th October, 1945 Studio : Republic Pictures Starring Robert Kent, Peggy Stewart, LeRoy Mason, George J. Lewis & Kenneth Duncan Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet & Fred C. Bannon 12 Chapters & 163 mins - Chapter 1 is 20 mins, the rest are 13 mins each Synopsis : A reservation's new doctor masquerades as the legendary Indian god, "the Phantom Rider", to catch a gang looting the reservation, unaware the leader is a phoney Indian Agent.
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
Boxed Set with Desperadoes of the West : AU$30 or US$30 or £18
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Pirates of the High SeasDate of Release : October 1950 Studio : Columbia Studios Starring Larry "Buster" Crabbe, Lois Hall, Tommy Farrell, Gene Roth, & Tris Coffin Directed by Spencer Gorgon Bennet & Thomas Carr 15 Chapters & 256 mins - Chapter 1 is 26 mins, the rest are 16 mins each Synopsis : Two ex-Navy buddies travel to a tropical island to help search for a fugitive Nazi and a fortune in diamonds stolen by him during WWII, and encounter multiple dangers at the hand of a gang also seeking the treasure for the island's corrupt governor. A "sort of" sequel to The Sea Hound (see below)
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
Boxed Set with The Sea Hound : AU$30 or US$30 or £18
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Purple Monster Strikes, The Date of Release : 3rd August, 1945 Studio : Republic Pictures Starring Dennis Moore, Linda Stirling, Roy Barcroft, James Craven & Bud Geary Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet & Fred C. Bannon 15 Chapters & 204 mins - Chapter 1 is 22 mins, the rest are 13 mins each Synopsis : The Purple Monster, sinister vanguard for a Martian invasion of our planet, possesses the body of a noted scientist in order to build futuristic weapons of war to assist the invasion. Only a noted criminologist & the scientist's daughter can stop the Purple monster and his diabolic plans AU$20 or US$20 or £12
Boxed Set with Manhunt of Mystery Island : AU$30 or US$30 or £18
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Radar Men from the Moon Date of Release : 9th January, 1952 Studio : Republic Pictures Starring George Wallace, Aline Towne, Roy Barcroft, William Bakewell & Clayton Moore Directed by Fred C. Bannon 12 Chapters & 163 mins - Chapter 1 is 20 mins, the rest are 13 mins each Synopsis : Strategic targets on Earth are being destroyed by an unknown weapon. Government security head Henderson suspects it's an "atomic ray" originating from the moon! He assigns Commando Cody, scientist and man of action with a secret flying suit, to investigate. Soon, Cody is battling Earth thugs in the pay of Krog the moon man and making trips in his experimental rocket to the moon itself, in a perilous and all but singlehanded effort to thwart the planned invasion of Earth.
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
See also The Rocketman Feature Trilogy
See also The Rocketman / Commando Cody Boxed Sets |
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Radar Patrol vs. Spy King Date of Release : January, 1950 Studio : Republic Pictures Starring Kirk Alyn, Jean Dean, George J. Lewis, Eve Witney & John Merton Directed by Fred C. Bannon 12 Chapters & 163 mins - Chapter 1 is 20 mins, the rest are 13 mins each Synopsis : When saboteurs threaten America's radar defence network, a Federal Agent aided by a research assistant battle the sinister Baroda and his evil henchmen.
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
Boxed Set with Federal Agents vs Underworld Inc. : AU$30 or US$30 or £18
Boxed Set with Federal Agents vs Underworld Inc. & Daughter of Don Q : AU$35 or US$35 or £22
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Raiders of Ghost CityDate of Release : July 1944 Studio : Universal Studios Starring Grant Withers, Catherine Hughes, Mickey Rentschier, Adrian Morris & Frank Lackteen Directed by Ford Beebe & Cliff Smith 13 chapters & 235 min - all Chapters are about 17 mins each Synopsis : In the closing months of the Civil War, a gang of outlaws pretending to be Confederates, raid gold shipments coming from Oro Grande, California and destined for Union headquarters in Washington D.C. Captain Steve Clark, a Union Secret Service agent, is determined to round up the gang. Steve and his friend Idaho discover that raiders are not Confederates but a gang headed by Morel - a man with ties to Prussian spies!
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Radio PatrolDate of Release : August 1937 Studio : Universal Studios Starring Grant Withers, Catherine Hughes, Mickey Rentschier, Adrian Morris & Frank Lackteen Directed by Ford Beebe & Cliff Smith 12 chapters & 240 min - all Chapters are about 20 mins each Synopsis : A young radio patrol policeman and a beautiful girl try to stop an international criminal gang from getting their hands on the formula for a new flexible bulletproof steel that has now been entrusted to a boy after the murder of his (inventor) father
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
Boxed Set with Gang Busters : AU$30 or US$30 or £18
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Red BarryDate of Release : October 1938 Studio : Universal Studios Starring Larry "Buster" Crabbe, Frances Robinson, Wade Boteler, Wheeler Oakman, Frank Lackteen & Philip Ahn Directed by Ford Beebe & Alan James 13 chapters & 260 min Synopsis : Based in the Will Gould comic strip distributed to newspapers by King Features Syndicated, Inc. Red Barry was the third of five serials from Universal starring Buster Crabbe, and while the plot only revolves around two million dollars in bonds and soon evolves into a game of "Bonds, Bonds, Who Has the Bonds?", it has so many groups, and their armies of henchmen, acquiring and re-acquiring the bonds that, in a chapter or two, the people who have the bonds don't appear to know they are the current holders.
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
Boxed Set with King of the Congo : AU$30 or US$30 or £18
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Roaring West, TheDate of Release : 26th June, 1935 Studio : Universal Studios Starring Buck Jones, Muriel Evans, Walter Miller, Frank McGlynn, Snr. & Harlan Knight Directed by Ray Taylor 15 chapters & 290 min - Chapter 1 is 20 mins, the rest are 17 mins Synopsis : Montana Larkin and his pal, Jinglebob ride into new territory to join an impending land rush. They possess a map giving the location of land on which there is a valuable mineral deposit and which they expect to secure in the land rush. Many forces are ranged against them in their quest
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
Boxed Set with Gordon of Ghost City (1933): AU$30 or US$30 or £18
Boxed Set with Gordon of Ghost City, The Phantom Rider (1936) & White Eagle: AU$40 or US$40 or £25
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Roar of the Iron HorseDate of Release : 31st May, 1951 Studio : Columbia Studios Starring Jock Mahoney, Virginia Herrick, William Fawcett, Hal London & Jack Ingram Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet & Thomas Carr 15 chapters & 250 min - Chapter 1 is 26 mins, the rest are 16 mins Synopsis : The railroad is coming, and three different factions - landowner Karl Ulrich/The Baron and his henchmen, led by Campo; railroad construction boss Homer Lathrop and his motley crew led by Scully and Irv; and a tribe of Indians led by White Eagle - have vested interests and reasons to stop the line's construction under the supervision of Tom Lane and his sister Carol. Undercover Marshal Jim Grant and prospector Rocky are there to upset and hinder the raids. A great "train" serial in the vein of Casey Jones.
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
Boxed Set with Cody of the Pony Express : AU$30 or US$30 or £18
Boxed Set with Cody of the Pony Express & Gunfighters of the Northwest : AU$35 or US$35 or £22
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Robinson Crusoe of Clipper IslandDate of Release : February 1936 Studio : Republic Pictures Starring Ray Mala, Rex, Buck. Mamo Clark & Herbert Rawlinson Directed by Mack V. Wright & Ray Taylor 14 chapters & 250 min - Chapter 1 is 28 mins, the rest are 17 mins Synopsis : Mala, a Polynesian in the employ of U.S. Intelligence investigates sabotage on Clipper Island. A gang of spies causes the eruption of a volcano, for which our hero is blamed. He convinces the local Princess Melani of his innocence and helps her ward off a takeover by rival high priest Porotu. Note: An Excellent Print - much superior to commercial offerings
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
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Rocket Man / Commando Cody Boxed Set, The Studio : Republic Pictures In 1949 Republic released a 12 chapter serial called King of the Rocket Men. In it, Jeff King (as played by Tristram Coffin) featured as a flying hero named Rocket Man, wearing a helmet and leather jacket. The Commando Cody character which would forever be associated with the Rocketman guise had its first appeared in 1952's 12 chapter serial Radar Men from the Moon with George Wallace as Commando Cody. A third 12 chapter serial, Zombies from the Stratosphere with Judd Holdren (as Larry Martin) in the Rocketman suit, (although he is never called Commando Cody in the serial) appeared later in the same year. A successful 12 pseudo-serial titled Commando Cody Sky Marshall of the Universe followed in 1953.
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This Boxed Set consists of :
King of the Rocket Men Radar Men from the Moon Zombies from the Stratosphere Commando Cody Sky Marshall of the Universe
AU$43 or US$45 or £28
Also available: a Boxed Set comprising the above Boxed Set + The Rocket Man Feature Trilogy DVD (see below) - AU$47 or US$50 or £32
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Rocket Man Feature Trilogy, The Studio : Republic Pictures In 1949 Republic released a 12 chapter serial called King of the Rocket Men. In it, Jeff King (as played by Tristram Coffin) featured as a flying hero named Rocket Man, wearing a helmet and leather jacket. The unprecedented success of this serial led to a 60 minute feature film "adaptation" of that serial titled Lost Planet Airmen in 1951. The Commando Cody character which would forever be associated with the Rocketman guise had its first appeared in 1952's 12 chapter serial Radar Men from the Moon with George Wallace as Commando Cody. A third 12 chapter serial, Zombies from the Stratosphere with Judd Holdren (as Larry Martin) in the Rocketman suit, (although he is never called Commando Cody in the serial) appeared later in the same year. A successful 12 episode TV / Movie series titled Commando Cody Sky Marshall of the Universe followed in 1955. A 70 minute feature film "adaptation" of the Zombies from the Stratosphere serial called Satan's Satelites appeared in 1958, while Radar Men from the Moon was "adapted" into a 100 minute TV movie in 1966 becoming Retik, the Moon Menace.
Lost Planet Airmen (theatrical feature adapted 1951 from King of the Rocketmen) Satan's Satellites (theatrical feature adapted 1958 from Zombies of the Stratosphere) Retik the Moon Menace (TV feature adapted 1966 from Radar Men from the Moon)
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1 DVD Boxed Set - AU$20 or US$20 or £12
See also The Rocket Man / Commando Cody Boxed Sets above |
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Rocket Man Features, The
Each of the three Rocketman "features" adapted from the three serials as well as the American Film Technologies (computer) colorized & edited 90 minute TV feature of Zombies of The Stratosphere - each mastered to its own DVD
á Lost Planet Airmen (theatrical feature adapted 1951 from King of the Rocketmen) á Satan's Satellites (theatrical feature adapted 1958 from Zombies of the Stratosphere) á Retik the Moon Menace (TV feature adapted 1966 from Radar Men from the Moon) á Zombies of The Stratosphere (TV Feature Colorised & Edited 1990)
Boxed Set - AU$40 or US$40 or £25
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Royal Mounted Rides Again, TheDate of Release : October 1945 Studio : Universal Studios Starring Bill Kennedy, Daun Kennedy, George Dolenz & Milburn Stone Directed by Lewis D. Collins & Ray Taylor 13 chapters & 257 min - Chapter 1 is 29 mins, therest are 19 mins each Synopsis : A milling machinery owner Tom Bailey is mysteriously murdered after mining operator Jackson Decker ordered one of his men to seize the expensive equipment. Assigned to the case is Captain Wayne Decker, Jackson Decker's son, and Colonel Frenchy of the Royal Mounted Police. Also joining in the search for the killer is Tom Bailey's daughter June. Once the investigation finds that Jackson Decker is actually innocent of all charges, the search turns towards an independent group of criminals trying to gain possession of the best gold mines.
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
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Rustlers of Red Dog, The Date of Release : January 21st, 1935 Studio : Universal Studios Starring Johnny Mack Brown, Joyce Compton, Walter Miller, Raymond Hatton & Harry Woods Directed by Louis Friedlander 12 Chapters & 215 mins - Chapter 1 is 26 mins, the rest are 17 mins each Synopsis : Jack Woods, Deacon and Laramie are the "Three Musketeers of the Old West." They fight their way across the plains and mountains to protect the settlers and battle the Indians, rustlers and badmen who are constantly threatening them. In the frontier town of Red Dog, leading citizen Tom Lee asks the trio to remain as protectors. A wagon train with Lee's daughter Mary is on its way in - but it is attacked by Indians. Jack and his friends help rescue the wagon train and discover that the train is carrying a shipment of gold. The gold is coveted by a notorious outlaw named Rocky, who starts a false rumor of a gold strike. Rocky thinks he will help himself to the gold while the town is empty, but instead, he must shoot it out with Jack Woods.
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
Boxed Set with Fighting With Kit Carson : AU$30 or US$30 or £18
Boxed Set with Fighting With Kit Carson, Flaming Frontiers, The Oregon Trail & Wild West Days: : AU$43 or US$45 or £28
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Scarlet Horseman, TheDate of Release : January 22nd, 1946 Studio : Universal Studios Starring Peter Cookson, Paul Guilfoyle, Victoria Horne, Virginia Christine & Janet Shaw Directed by Ray Taylor & Lewis D. Collins 13 Chapters & 255 mins - Chapter 1 is 26 mins, the rest are 17 mins each Synopsis : The Comanches are buying up rifles from unscrupulous gun smugglers in preparation for a wholesale uprising against settlers in Texas. Two undercover Texas Rangers discover the plot and set out to stop it - one of them by becoming a masked mystery figure called The Scarlet Horseman!
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
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Scouts to the RescueDate of Release : January 1939 Studio : Universal Studios Starring Jackie Cooper, Vondell Darr, Edwin Stanley & Willaim Ruhl Directed by Ray Taylor & Alan James 12 Chapters & 240 mins - all chapters are 20 mins each Synopsis : Scouts become involved in the search for counterfeiters when they rescue a G-man from a plane crash in the wilds and find a large sum of counterfeit money. The father of one of the scouts is implicated in the counterfeiting and is arrested by the G-man only to escape. The scouts attempt to prove him innocent but in the process are imperilled by marauding Indians
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
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Sea Hound, TheDate of Release : September 1947 Studio : Columbia Studios Starring Larry "Buster" Crabbe, Jimmy Lloyd, Pamela Blake, Ralph Hodges, Robert Barron, Hugh Prosser & Spencer Chan Directed by Spencer Gorgon Bennet & Walter B. Easton 15 Chapters & 280 mins - Chapter 1 is 27 mins, the rest are 18 mins each Synopsis : Captain Silver and his friends, Jerry, seagoing cowboy Tex and chinese inventor Kukai are cruising through tropical waters, between California and Catalina, aboard the Sea Hound when they pick up an SOS from the yacht Esmeralda. Silver sails to Typhoon Cove and finds the yacht under attack by modern-day pirates. Aboard the attacked craft are Ann Whitney, yacht owner Stanley Rand and Vardman. Silver and crew beat off the attackers and he learns that Ann is searching for her father, John Whitney who vanished into the jungle during a search for a fabulous treasure of Spanish gold. This classic serial was based on the radio serial : Captain Silver's Log of The Sea Hound, heard from 1942 to 1948 in the US and in the 50's in Australia (very successfully) & South Africa.
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
Boxed Set with Pirates of the High Seas : AU$30 or US$30 or £18
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Sea RaidersDate of Release : 1941 Studio : Universal Studios Starring The Dead End Kids & The Little Tough Guys, Billy Halop, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, Benard Punsley, Hally Chester & Reed Hadley Directed by Ford Beebe & John Rawlins 12 Chapters & 240 mins - all chapters are about 20 mins each Synopsis : The Dead End Kids go after a gang known as the Sea Raiders, which is sinking Allied shipping whilst trying to steal a new type of torpedo boat. The boys manage to find the Sea Raiders island hide-out and set out to investigate the saboteurs' underground arsenal. Note: An Very Good Print - much superior to commercial offerings
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
Boxed Set with Sky Raiders: AU$30 or US$30 or £18
Boxed Set with Junior G-Men & Junior G-Men of the Air : AU$35 or US$35 or £22
Boxed Set with Junior G-Men, Junior G-Men of the Air & Sky Raiders : AU$40 or US$40 or £25
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Secret Agent X-9Date of Release : February 11th 1937 Studio : Universal Studios Starring Scott Kolk, Jean Rogers, Monte Blue, Henry Hunter & David Oliver Directed by Ford Beebe & Clifford Smith 12 chapters & 240 min Synopsis : Secret Agent X-9 was a popular comic strip character of the 30s and 40s. This is the first of two serial adaptations of the character. It follows the adventures of Secret Agent X-9 (Scott Kolk) when he is assigned to recover the crown jewels of Belgravia and to capture it's suspected thief, Blackstone. Along with his trusty helper, Shara Graustark (Jean Rogers), X-9 works long and hard to bring down a master criminal.
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
Boxed Set with Secret Agent X-9 (1945) : AU$30 or US$30 or £18
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Secret Agent X-9Date of Release : August 1945 Studio : Universal Studios Starring Lloyd Bridges, Jan Wiley, Keye Luke, Victoria Horne, Edmund Cobb & Samuel S. Hinds Directed by Lewis D. Collins & Ray Taylor 13 chapters & 260 min Synopsis : Secret Agent X-9 was a popular comic strip character of the 30s and 40s. This is the second of two serial adaptations of the character. The story takes place in 1943 on Shadow Island, an island of intrigue off the coast of China, which has been allowed to remain neutral by the Japanese. A Japanese scientist accidentally discovers that aviation fuel can be manufactured cheaply by mixing an element called "722" with distilled water. A plan is hatched whereby an agent whose face is surgically altered to look like the American scientist who has the formula to "722", will be smuggled into the U.S. to steal it. The U.S. sends in Secret Agent X-9 to foil the plot. This serial was blessed with a stellar cast of veteran performers. Lloyd "Sea Hunt" Bridges makes a dashing hero, Keye "No. 1 Son" Luke an ideal partner and Jan Wiley a fetching heroine. An excellent WWII spy story with good production values and an exciting climax in the final chapter
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
Boxed Set with Secret Agent X-9 (1937) : AU$30 or US$30 or £18
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Secret Code, The Date of Release : September 1942 Studio : Columbia Studios Starring Paul Kelly, Anna Nagel, Clancy Cooper, Robert O. Davis & Gregory Gay Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet 15 Chapters & 312 mins - Chapter 1 is 32 mins, the rest are 20 mins each Synopsis : Police Lieutenant Dan Barton is ordered to contact and smash a mysterious Axis sabotage ring, by arranging to have himself thrown off the police force in disgrace. While under the "protection" of the saboteurs who are still suspicious of him, Dan learns that they have been ordered to capture a newly-devised formula for the manufacture of synthetic rubber by a secret code, whose method of operation is in itself of vital military value. Disguised as the "Black Commando" and with the aid and assistance of a female reporter and his police partner, Barton manages to round up the ring, locate its secret code and destroy the most serious sabotage effort ever planned by Hitler agents in America. As an interesting extra feature : Code expert Henry Lysing gives a series of lessons on code at the end of every chapter !
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
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Secret of Treasure Island, The Date of Release : March 1938 Studio : Columbia Studios Starring Don Terry, Gwen Gaze, Grant Withers, Hobart Bosworth & William Farnum Directed by Elmer Clifton 15 Chapters & 300 Mins - Chapter 1 is 28 Mins, the rest are 18 mins each Synopsis : A mysterious character known only as The Shark takes possession of an island reputed to contain a hidden pirate treasure consisting on a fortune in gold. Fortifying the island, he systematically seeks the gold and the remaining portion of the original location map. Reporter Larry Kent and his girl friend Toni Morrell decide to investigate the island and search for the gold themselves A nicely upgraded print (thanx Bart!)
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
Boxed Set with Don Winslow of the Navy & Don Winslow of the Coast Guard: AU$35 or US$35 or £22
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Secret Service in Darkest Africa (aka Manhunt in the African Jungles) Date of Release : 6th August, 1943 Studio : Republic Pictures Starring Rod Cameron, Joan Marsh, Duncan Renaldo, Lionel Royce & Kurt Kreuger Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet 15 Chapters & 250 mins - Chapter 1 is 26 mins, the rest are 16 mins each Synopsis : Chronicles the action-filled adventures of US Secret Service agent Rex Bennett in his quest to obtain a sacred Arab religious artefact which the Nazis will use to turn the hordes of Arab tribesmen against the allies
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
Boxed Set with G Men vs the Black Dragon : AU$30 or US$30 or £18
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Shadow, TheDate of Release : 1940 Studio : Columbia Studios Starring Victor Jory, Veda Ann Borg, Robert Fiske, Jack Ingram & Eddie Fetherston Directed by James W. Horne 15 Chapters & 285 mins - Chapter 1 is 31 mins, the rest are about 17 to 20 mins each Synopsis : Radio's mysterious, black-clad hero proves that "the weed of crime bears bitter fruit" in this thrill-packed Columbia serial. A criminal mastermind known only as the Black Tiger who can make himself invisible is sabotaging rail lines and factories across America, and scientist Lamont Cranston must become his shadowy alter ego to uncover the fiend and halt his schemes. Victor Jory is perfect as Lamont Cranston. Fast and furious direction by James W. Horne.
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
Boxed Set with The Green Archer : AU$30 or US$30 or £18
Note : This serial is also part of The Shadow Collection (includes theatrical movies & TV episodes) - see the Movies Series N - Z section of the website
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Shadow of the Eagle, TheDate of Release : February 1st, 1932 Studio : Mascot Pictures Starring John Wayne, Dorothy Gulliver, Walter Miller, Kenneth Harlen & Edward Hearn Directed by Ford Beebe, Colbert Clark & Wyndham Gittens 12 Chapters & 220 mins - Chapter 1 is 27 mins, the rest are 17 mins each Synopsis : Skywriting messages from a pilot called The Eagle threaten an aircraft company. Nathan Gregory, a carnival owner becomes the prime suspect. A stunt pilot who is in love with Gregory's daughter struggles to prove his potential father-in-law's innocence and recover plans for an invention that The Eagle has stolen from Gregory. John Wayne starring in his first serial (of three).
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
Boxed Set with The Hurricane Express & The Three Musketeers: AU$35 or US$35 or £22
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Sky RaidersDate of Release : March 1941 Studio : Universal Studios Starring Donald Woods, Billy Halop, Robert Armstrong, Kathryn Adams & Edward Ciannelli Directed by Ford Beebe & Ray Taylor 12 Chapters & 240 mins - all Chapters are about 20 mins each Synopsis : Famed aviator Bob Dayton becomes the target of enemy agents who want plans for a new type of fighter plane and a bombsight that his company has developed. Dayton hires Tim Bryant, member of the Air Youth of America to do experimental work for him. Felix Lynx, agent for a foreign government is kept informed of the Sky Raiders' plane by a spy in Dayton's office. Note: An Very Good Print - much superior to commercial offerings
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
Boxed Set with Sea Raiders : AU$30 or US$30 or £18
Boxed Set with Junior G-Men, Junior G-Men of the Air & Sea Raiders : AU$40 or US$40 or £25
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Son of GeronimoDate of Release : 6th November 1952 Studio : Columbia Studios Starring Clayton Moore, Rodd Redwing, Tommy Farrell, Eileen Rowe & Bud Osborne Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet 15 Chapters & 240 mins - Chapter 1 is 24 mins, the rest are 15 mins each Synopsis : Made during the production season, 1952-53, when Clayton Moore left "The Lone Ranger" television series and was replaced by John Hart for a year. This story has frontier trouble-shooter Jim Scott (Clayton Moore) seeking to put an end to the bloodshed between whites and Indians on the Western frontier. He is aided by Tulsa, the boss of a wagon train, and by frontier settlers Frank Baker and his sister Ann. A band of Apaches headed by Porico, son of Geronimo, continually attack the settlers, their wagon trains and a new stage line. A band of white renegades, led by Ace Devlin and Rance Rankin manage to worsen the situation.
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
Boxed Set with Black Arrow : AU$30 or US$30 or £18
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Son of the GuardsmanDate of Release : 24th October 1946 Studio : Columbia Studios Starring Robert Shaw, Duan Kennedy, Robert Henry, Jim Diehl & Hugh Prosser Directed by Derwin Abrahams 15 Chapters & 280 mins - Chapter 1 is 28 mins, the rest are 18 mins each Synopsis : Dave Trent opposes his uncle Sir Edgar Bullard, a rubber baron in medieval England. Part of the prize is Louise Markham, whose honor Trent defends. Fighting alongside Trent is an outlawed group organized to oppose evil doers. The group supports young Roger Mowbry, really Prince Richard, heir to a throne being misused by a wicked regent.
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
Boxed Set with The Adventures of Sir Galahad : AU$30 or US$30 or £18
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Son of Zorro Date of Release : 2nd June, 1947 Studio : Republic Pictures Starring George Turner, Peggy Stewart, Roy Barcroft, Edward Cassidy & Ernest S. Adams Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet & Fred C. Bannon 13 Chapters & 176 mins - Chapter 1 is 20 mins, the rest are 13 mins each Synopsis : In the reconstruction period following the Civil War, returning Cavalry officer Jeff Stewart, using the garb of his famous ancestor Zorro, to battle the forces of outlawry that have left his home state in chaos.
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
Boxed Set with Ghost of Zorro : AU$30 or US$30 or £18
See also Zorro Boxed Set
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SOS Coast Guard Date of Release : 10th September, 1937 Studio : Republic Pictures Starring Ralph Byrd, Bela Lugosi, Maxine Davis, Herbert Rawlinson & Richard Alexander Directed by William Witney, & Alan James 12 Chapters & 239 mins - Chapter 1 is 30 mins, the rest are 19 mins each Synopsis : Coast Guard Lieutenant Terry Kent is determined to stop the villainous Boroff, who has invented a disintegrating gas that's capable of world destruction.
Very Nice print - much better than commercial offerings
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
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Spider Returns, TheDate of Release : May 1941 Studio : Columbia Studios Starring Warren Hull, Mary Ainslee, Dave O'brien, Kenne Duncan, Joseph W. Girard & Bryant Washburn Marc Lawrence Directed By James W. Horne 15 Chapters & 280 mins - Chapter 1 is 32 mins, the rest are 18 mins each Synopsis : Directing the acts of a band of ruthless crims, the mysterious and masked Gargoyle, backed by millions from an unknown Power, attempts to wreck production for National Defense. The Police - baffled - seek the aid of Richard Wentworth, a famous amateur criminologist. Sometimes masquerading as The Spider, concealed his true identity from both the criminals & Police, Wentworth pits his wits (often disguising himself as the sniveling underworld hanger-on Blinky McQuade) and strength against The Gargoyle in preventing sabotage, subversive activities and other crimes
Nicely Restored Print!
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
Boxed Set with The Spider's Web : AU$30 or US$30 or £18
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Spider's Web, TheDate of Release : October 1938 Studio : Columbia Studios Starring Warren Hull, Iris Meredith, Richard Fiske, Kenne Duncan, Forbes Murray, Marc Lawrence Directed By James W. Horne & Ray Taylor 15 Chapters & 265 mins - Chapter 1 is 29 mins, the rest are 17 mins each Synopsis : One of the first pulp thrillers to make it to the screen : The Spider Posing as The Spider terror of the underworld, as well as Blinky McQuade, underworld habitue, celebrated criminologist Richard Wentworth wages a desperate battle to foil the plans of The Octopus, whose outlaw gang is completely demoralizing the nation's transportation system.
Nicely Restored Print!
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
Boxed Set with The Spider Returns : AU$30 or US$30 or £18
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Spy Smasher Date of Release : 4th April, 1942 Studio : Republic Pictures Starring Kane Richmond, Sam Flint, Hans Schumm, Tristram Coffin & Frank Corsaro Directed by William Witney 12 Chapters & 215 mins - Chapter 1 is 28 mins, the rest are 17 mins each Synopsis : Jack Armstrong, aka Spy Smasher, battles a Nazi villian known as The Mask, who heads a gang of saboteurs determined to spread destruction across America shortly before the outbreak of WWII.
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
Boxed Set with Haunted Harbor : AU$30 or US$30 or £18
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SupermanDate of Release : July 1948 Studio : Columbia Studios Starring Kirk Alyn, Noel Neill, Carol Foreman, Pierre Watkins & Tommy Bond Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet & Thomas Carr 15 Chapters & 248 mins - Chapter 1 is 24 mins, the rest are 16 mins each Synopsis : Follows the destruction of Krypton, a young Clark growing up on a farm with the Kents, Clark coming to Metropolis and joining the staff of the Daily Planet. Then Superman battles the evil designs of the Spider Lady and her thugs and henchmen who amongst other things are out to kidnap Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen.
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
Boxed Set with Atom Man vs. Superman : AU$30 or US$30 or £18
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Tailspin TommyDate of Release : 29th October, 1934 Studio : Universal Studios Starring Maurice Murphy, Patricia Farr, Noah Beery Jr., & Grant Williams Directed by Louis Friedlander 12 Chapters & 240 mins - all Chapters are about 20 minutes each Synopsis : Two gangsters try every means possible to gain control of Three Point Airlines, but are foiled by Tailspin Tommy and his pal Skeeter. Based on Hal Forrest's cartoon strip and radio show of the same name. This is a great serial which benefits from Howard Hughes' marvellous footage of duelling biplanes taken during the filming of Hell's Angels Note: A superior print to that sold by commercial outfits
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
Boxed Set with Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery : AU$30 or US$30 or £18
See Movie Series N to Z for Boxed Set which combines both Tailspin Tommy serials with the 4 Tailspin Tommy Movies
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Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air MysteryDate of Release : October, 1935 Studio : Universal Studios Starring Clark Williams, Jean Rogers, Noah Beery Jr., Delphine Drew Directed by Ray Taylor 12 Chapters & 240 mins - all Chapters are about 20 minutes each Synopsis : Horace Raymore, a villainous American and Manuel Casmetta of the Central American island of Nazil, attempt to seize control of valuable oil lands, operating from a sophisticated jungle fortress equipped with modern weapons and fighting planes. Tailspin Tommy, his pal Skeeter and girlfriend Betty Lou are hired to survey the oil properties and blaze a pipeline from the air. Although in constant peril, the trio are aided in time of crisis by a masked pilot in the "Eagle Plane" which appears put of an artificial cloud at vital moments then disappears into another smoke screen. Note: A superior print to that sold by commercial outfits
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
Boxed Set with Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery : AU$30 or US$30 or £18
See Movie Series N to Z for Boxed Set which combines both Tailspin Tommy serials with the 4 Tailspin Tommy Movies
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Terry and the PiratesDate of Release : 1940 Studio : Columbia Studios Starring William Tracy, Granville Owen, Joyce Bryant, Allen Jung & Dick Curtis Directed by James W. Horne 15 Chapters & 270 mins - Chapter 1 is 29 mins, the rest are about 17 mins each Synopsis : Of all the radio shows adopted from the classic newspaper comic pages in the '30s and '40s, none was more intriguing or exciting than the action-packed tales of Milton Caniff's Terry and the Pirates. This adventure that centered around the discovery of a vast hidden treasure. Along the treacherous 15-episode route Terry Lee and Pat Ryan have contacts with mysterious "Tiger Men," a savage gorilla, exploding ammunition sheds and countless other thrills.
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Tex Granger : Midnight Rider of the PlainsDate of Release : 1st April 1948 Studio : Columbia Studios Starring Robert Kellard, Peggy Stewart, Robert "Buzz" Henry & Smith Bellew Directed by Derwin Abrahams 15 Chapters & 260 mins - Chapter 1 is 25 mins, the rest are 17 mins each Synopsis : Tex Granger heading toward Three Buttes, comes across a young boy, Timmy, guarding a gold shipment which he has just rescued from a stagecoach that had been held up by Blaze Talbot and Reno. Tex and Tim turn the gold over to its consignee Rance Carson who uses his loan office to carry out crooked land deals. Tex, persuaded by Helen Kent purchases the local newspaper. Blaze shows up in town, and Carson has him appointed town marshal, intending to use Blaze as his enforcer, but Blaze has higher aspirations, and soon the town is ablaze with gunfire and plots as Blaze, Carson and Reno and his gang battle each other and the citizens. Tex, mild-mannered newspaper man dons a mask and becomes "The Midnight Rider of the Plains" and works against all three gang factions to bring law and order to Three Buttes. Based on the character featured in "Calling All Boys Magazine" comic book.
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
Boxed Set with Deadwood Dick : AU$30 or US$30 or £18
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Three Musketeers, The Date of Release : 22nd April, 1933 Studio : Mascot Pictures Starring Jack Mulhall, Raymond Hatton, Francis X. Bushman & John Wayne Directed by Armand Schaefer & Colbert Clark 12 Chapters & 220 mins - Chapter 1 is 29 mins, the rest are 17 mins each Synopsis : Tom Wayne rescues Clancy, Renard and Schmidt in the Arabian desert and they join him in going after El Shasta, a bad guy who is never seen as he tries to wipe out the Foreign Legion. John Wayne is in the forefront of the action despite appearing only fourth in the credits. The action of this serial has some nifty inventive moments and it was all shot on location. The good natured camaraderie between the musketeers was definitely used as a prototype for Gunga Din, made six years later by RKO. Notable appearances by Noah Beery Jr, Lon Chaney and Yakima Canutt.
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
Boxed Set with The Hurricane Express & The Shadow of the Eagle: AU$35 or US$35 or £22
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Tiger Woman, The (aka Perils of the Darkest Jungle) Date of Release : 8th May, 1944 Studio : Republic Pictures Starring Allan "Rocky" Lane, Linda Sterling, Duncan Renaldo & George J. Lewis Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet & Wallace A. Grissell 12 Chapters & 201 mins - Chapter 1 is 25 mins, the rest are 16 mins each Synopsis : A beautiful white jungle goddess and a two-fisted trouble shooter battle money mad oil profiteers attempting to secure oil rich lands that belong to a peaceful tribe of South American natives.
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
Boxed Set with Haunted Harbor (aka Pirates' Harbor) : AU$30 or US$30 or £18
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Tim Tyler's LuckDate of Release : November 1937 Studio : Universal Studios Starring Frank M. Thomas jr., Francis Robinson, Norman Willis & Jack Mulhall Directed by Ford Beebe & Wyndham Gittens 12 Chapters 240 mins - all Chapters are about 20 minutes each Synopsis : Tim Tyler takes a ship to Africa to look for his father who is somewhere in gorilla country. Aboard the same ship is Lora Graham seeking Spider Webb, the criminal who had committed a diamond robbery for which here brother has been framed. In his quest to find a fabulous treasure of ivory, Spider Webb kills Tim's father and takes over his armoured jungle cruiser. Tim & Lora team up with Sgt Gates in an attempt to bring the criminal to justice. Based on the newspaper strip "Tim Tyler's Luck", penned by Lyman Young.
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Trader Tom of the China Seas Date of Release : 6th January, 1954 Studio : Republic Pictures Starring Harry Lauter, Aline Towne, Lyle Talbot, Robert Shayne & Fred Graham Directed by Franklyn Adreon 12 Chapters & 163 mins - Chapter 1 is 20 mins, the rest are 13 mins each Synopsis : The United Nations has island trader Tom Rogers and Vivian Wells, daughter of a schooner captain, spearheading the effort to keep subversive native groups from starting revolutions in Burmatra and neighbouring Asian countries.
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
Boxed Set with King of the Carnival : AU$30 or US$30 or £18
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Undersea Kingdom Date of Release : June, 1936 Studio : Republic Pictures Starring Ray Corrigan, Lois Wilde, Monte Blue, William Farnum & Boothe Howard Directed by B. Reeves Eason & Joseph Kane 12 Chapters & 228 mins - Chapter 1 is 30 mins, the rest are 18 mins each Synopsis : Crash Corrigan, a recent graduate of Annapolis, and Diana, a go-getting reporter, join Professor Norton for a search for the source of a string of earthquakes, Atlantis. They ride Prof. Norton's rocket submarine searching the sea with little Billy Norton, the professor's stow away son. When they find Atlantis they are caught in a civil war between the Atlanteans. After many harrowing moments for Crash, Diana, Prof. Norton and Billy, they barely get away with their lives when they escape a tower of Atlantis raised to the surface for the sole purpose of dominating or destroying the Earth.
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
Boxed Set with The Phantom Empire : AU$30 or US$30 or £18
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Vanishing Shadow, The Date of Release : July, 1934 Studio : Universal Studios Starring Onslow Stevens, Ada Ince, Walter Miller, James Durkin & William Desmond Directed by Louis Friedlander 12 Chapters & 240 mins - all Chapters are about 20 minutes each Synopsis : Stanley Stanfield, an electrical engineer invents a vest-like apparatus which permits the wearer to vanish, leaving only a shadow. With the aid of Carl Van Dorn, himself a famed electrical wizard, he determines to bring about the fall of power-crazed, money-mad Wade Barnett and his cohort, Dorgan who was responsible for the death of Stanfield's father
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Valley of Vanishing Men, The Date of Release : 17th December, 1942 Studio : Columbia Studios Starring Bill Elliott, Slim Summerville, Carmen Morales, Kenneth MacDonald & Jack Ingram Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet 15 Chapters & 285 mins - all chapters are about 19 mins each Synopsis : Wild Bill Tolliver and Missouri Benson ride into the territory of New Mexico to search for Bill's father, Henry Tolliver who disappeared while prospecting. They discover that a ruthless outlaw leader and a renegade European general are operating a giant gold mine and using captured Mexican patriots, and others, to work as slave. Bill and Missouri become friendly with Consuelo Romeros an agent for the Mexican government, and they learns that Bill's father is among the prisoner/slaves in the mine.
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
Boxed Set with The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok + Overland with Kit Carson : AU$35 or US$35 or £22
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Vigilante, The Date of Release : 22nd May, 1947 Studio : Columbia Studios Starring Ralph Byrd, Ramsay Ames, Lyle Talbot, George Offerman & Robert Barron Directed by Wallace Fox 15 Chapters & 280 mins - Chapter 1 is 26 mins, the rest are 18 mins each Synopsis : The Vigilante, a government undercover agent, is really Greg Sanders, a western movie star. An assignment takes him to the ranch of wealthy George Pierce, secretly gang leader X-1, who is after a string of pearls called the "100 Tears of Blood". The pearls have been concealed in the hooves of five stallion belonging to Pierce''s guests. Pierce stops at nothing in his efforts to acquire the cursed pearls, but The Vigilante ultimately stands in his way. Based on The Vigilante adventure in Action Comics This rare serial is now available in a good quality print
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
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Vigilantes are Coming, The Date of Release : October 1936 Studio : Republic Pictures Starring Robert Livingston, Kay Hughes, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Raymond Hatton & Fred Kohler Directed by Mack V. Wright & Ray Taylor 12 Chapters & 230 mins - Chapter 1 is 31 mins, the rest are 17 mins each Synopsis : Imperial Russia is plotting to colonize early 19th century California and Cossack soldiers are riding the range The vigilantes of the title are a group of ranchers led by a Zorro like figure known as "The Eagle" whose father and brother have been gunned down by Russian. When not fighting the Russians The Eagle (Robert Livingston) hides his identity by becoming a mild mannered church organist. His brothers in arms are Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Raymond Hatton. Ray (Crash) Corrigan, who would team up with Livingston later that year to form two-thirds of "The Three Mesquiteers", appears unbilled as Captain Fremont head of the American brigade. Beware : that many of the cliffhangers don't match up with "the escape" in the ensuing chapters. This serial is one of the first, if not the first, serials released by the then newly formed Republic Pictures.
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White Eagle Date of Release : 31st January, 1941 Studio : Columbia Studios Starring Buck Jones, Raymond Hatton, Dorothy Fay, James Craven & Jack Ingram Directed by James W. Horne 15 Chapters & 270 mins - Chapter 1 is 32 mins and the rest are about 17 mins each Synopsis : White Eagle, a pony express rider, defends the innocence of his people against charges that they are responsible for atrocities actually committed by a gang headed by Bert Darnell & Gregory Cantro, who dress their henchmen as Indians. Excellent Print
AU$21 or US$18 or £9
Boxed Set with The Phantom Rider (1936): AU$30 or US$30 or £18
Boxed Set with Gordon of Ghost City, The Roaring West & The Phantom Rider (1936): AU$40 or US$40 or £25
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Wild West Days Date of Release : 5th July 1937 Studio : Universal Studios Starring Johnny Mack Brown, George Shelley, Lynn Gilbert, Frank Yaconelli & Russell Simpson Directed by Ford Beebe & Clifford Smith 13 Chapters & 265 mins - each chapter is about 20 mins Synopsis : Larry Munro has discovered a vein of platinum on his ranch. A group known as the Secret Seven has learned about it and plan to get the Munro Ranch. Kentucky Wade (Johnny Mack Brown) and his friends arrive to help Larry and are soon fighting off attempts on their lives by the henchman of the Secret Seven and the Indians they enlist by bribing them with rifles.
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
Boxed Set with Fighting With Kit Carson, Flaming Frontiers, The Oregon Trail & The Rustlers of Red Dog: AU$43 or US$45 or £28 |
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Winners of the West Date of Release : 2nd July, 1940 Studio : Universal Studios Starring Dick Foran, Anne Nagel, James Craig, Tom Fadden & Charles Stevens Directed by Ford Beebe & Ray Taylor 13 Chapters & 260 mins - each chapter is about 20 mins each Synopsis : Jeff Ramsay assistant to the President of the Hartford Transcontinental Railroad, is fighting to advance the line through Hell's Gate Pass. Meanwhile King Carter, self-styled ruler of the land beyond the pass, plans to block the construction of the railroad. Carter hires Snakeye, a renegade half-breed, to lead the Indians on raids against the construction camps.
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The Wolf Dog Date of Release : 30th September, 1933 Studio : Mascot Pictures Starring George J. Lewis, Frankie Darro, Boots Mallory, Henry B. Walthall & Fred Kohler Directed by Colbert Clark & Harry Frazer 12 Chapters & 240 mins - each chapter is about 20 mins each Synopsis : Bob Whitlock invents an electric ray that can destroy ships at a distance of several miles. Norman Bryan, general manager of the Courtney Steamship Lines, plans to steal it. Bob becomes friends with a young boy, Frank and his dog Pal. All three are involved in a desperate struggle to stay alive and protect the invention until it can be turned over to the government
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Zombies of The Stratosphere Date of Release : 16th July, 1952 Studio : Republic Pictures Starring Judd Holdren, Aline Towne, Wilson Wood, Lane Bradford & Stanley Waxman Directed by Fred C. Bannon 12 Chapters & 163 mins - Chapter 1 is 20 mins, the rest are 13 mins each Synopsis : Security agent Larry Martin, who can fly with an experimental rocket suit, investigates clandestine visits to earth by a Martian spaceship. Meanwhile, villainous Martians conspire with a traitorous atomic scientist to blast earth out of its orbit and replace it with Mars
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
See also The Rocketman Feature Trilogy
See also The Rocketman / Commando Cody Boxed Sets
Also available The Colorized & Edited Serials: Zombies of the Stratosphere & The Crimson Ghost - see below
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Zombies of the Stratosphere & The Crimson Ghost - Colorized & EditedIn 1990, American Film Technologies (computer) colorized & edited two movie serials into 90 minute TV features. They had the same cliffhangers and resolutions as the original serials but each chapter was shortened to about 8 to 10 minutes (rather than the usual 13 mins). There were no opening or closing credits between chapters as well as no recap of the previous chapter.
Crimson Ghost, The (Colour - ColorImaged by American Film Technologies) Date of Release : 1990 - 93 mins
Zombies of The Stratosphere (Colour - ColorImaged by American Film Technologies) Date of Release : 1990 - 93 mins
AU$30 or US$30 or £18
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Zorro Combination, TheStudio : Republic Pictures Republic Pictures began their flirtation with the Zorro character with The Vigilantes are Coming (1936) - although the hero was called "The Eagle", he certainly looked and behaved like Zorro. This successful Bob Livingston film was then followed by a series of 5 Zorro Serials in which the character was called Zorro : Zorro Rides Again, Zorro's Fighting Legion, Zorro's Black Whip, Son of Zorro & Ghost of Zorro. See Republic Studios above for details about each serial All 6 entries are included in this special Zorro Combination Boxed Set (incl Bonus DVD - see below)
The Vigilantes are Coming (1936) Zorro Rides Again (1937) Zorro's Fighting Legion (1939) Zorro's Black Whip (1944) Son of Zorro (1947) Ghost of Zorro (1949)
Bonus The Bold Caballero (1936) - the first color Zorro movie and yes, its in COLOR
Boxed Set price : AU$47 or US$50 or £32
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Zorro Rides Again Date of Release : 3rd December, 1937 Studio : Republic Pictures Starring John Carroll, Helen Christian, Reed Howes, Duncan Renaldo & Noah Beery Sr. Directed by William Witney & John English 12 Chapters & 239 mins - Chapter 1 is 30 mins, the rest are 19 mins each Synopsis : The California-Yucatan Railroad, being built for the good of Mexico, is under siege by a gang of terrorists hoping to force its sale. Manuel Vega, aged co-owner, seeks the aid of his nephew James, great-grandson of the original Zorro to lead the fight against the sinister profiteer Marsden. Excellent Print - much superior to those on commercial release
Bonus The Bold Caballero (1936) - the first color Zorro movie and yes, its in COLOR
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
See also Zorro Boxed Set
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Zorro's Black Whip Date of Release : 15th November, 1944 Studio : Republic Pictures Starring George J. Lewis, Linda Stirling, Lucien Littlefield, Francis McDonald & John Merton Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet & Wallace A. Grissell 12 Chapters & 177 mins - Chapter 1 is 23 mins, the rest are 14 mins each Synopsis : Hammond, owner of the town's stagecoach line and a leading citizen, is opposed to Idaho becoming a state, and kills Randolph Meredith, owner of the town's newspaper, for endorsing it. Meredith's sister Barbara, expert with a bullwhip and pistol, dons a black costume and mask and becomes "The Black Whip", dealing a blow to Hammond and his gang each time they perform some heinous act in their efforts to keep the town, and their power over it, unchanged. Aided by government agent Vic Gordon, Barbara confronts Hammond in a final showdown just as the town votes on whether or not to accept statehood Excellent Print - much superior to those on commercial release
Bonus The Bold Caballero (1936) - the first color Zorro movie and yes, its in COLOR
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
See also Zorro Boxed Set
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Zorro's Fighting Legion Date of Release : 16th December, 1939 Studio : Republic Pictures Starring Reed Hadley, Sheila Darcy, William Corson, John Merton & C. Montague Shaw Directed by William Witney & John English 12 Chapters & 215 mins - Chapter 1 is 28 mins, the rest are 17 mins each Synopsis : Someone is preying on the Yaqui Indian's superstitions under the guise of Don Del Oro, the Yaqui God of Gold and using them to steal the governmentÕs treasure. Don Diego de la Vega in the guise of Zorro and a band of faithful fighters rise up in defence. Excellent Print - much superior to those on commercial release
Bonus The Bold Caballero (1936) - the first color Zorro movie and yes, its in COLOR
AU$20 or US$20 or £12
See also Zorro Boxed Set
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