Radio Patrol (serial)
| Radio Patrol | |
|---|---|
 Cover of the 2009 DVD release. | |
| Directed by | Ford Beebe Clifford Smith |
| Written by | Wyndham Gittens Norman S. Hall Ray Trampe Charlie Schmidt (comicstrip) Eddie Sullivan (comicstrip) |
| Produced by | Ben Koenig Barney A. Sarecky |
| Starring | Grant Withers Adrian Morris Kay Hughes |
| Cinematography | Jerome Ash |
| Edited by | Saul A. Goodkind (supervising) Joseph Gluck Louis Sackin Alvin Todd |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 12 chapters (242 minutes) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Radio Patrol is a 1937 Universal movie serial based on the comic strip Radio Patrol.
Premise
[edit]Pat O' Hara, a police officer cop, joins forces with Molly Selkirk to try and stop an international criminal gang from getting their hands on the formula for a new flexible metal.
Cast
[edit]- Grant Withers as Officer Pat O'Hara
- Adrian Morris as Officer Sam Maloney
- Kay Hughes as Molly Selkirk
- Mickey Rentschler as Pinky Adams
- Silver Wolf as Irish, the German Shepherd
- Gordon Hart as W.H. Harrison
- Frank Lackteen as Mr. Tahata/Warner the Great
- C. Montague Shaw as Mr. Wellington
- Harry Davenport as John P. Adams, inventor
- Wheeler Oakman as Stevens, gang chemist
- Max Hoffman Jr. as Harry Selkirk
- Jack Mulhall as Desk Sergeant
- Earl Dwire as Jeremiah Crockett
- Leonard Lord as Franklin, the real Tahata
- Dick Botiller as Zutta, a henchman
- Tom London as Eddie Lewis (uncredited)
- Ray Teal as Perkins (uncredited)
Production
[edit]Radio Patrol was based on the comic strip by Eddie Sullivan and Charles Schmidt.[1]
Stunts
[edit]- George Magrill
- Eddie Parker (doubling Grant Withers)
- Tom Steele
Chapter titles
[edit]- A Million Dollar Murder
- The Hypnotic Eye
- Flaming Death
- The Human Clue
- The Flash of Doom
- The House of Terror
- Claws of Steel
- The Perfect Crime
- Plaything of Disaster
- A Bargain with Death
- The Hidden Menace
- They Get Their Man
Source:[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Cline, William C. (1984). "2. In Search of Ammunition". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 18. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
- ^ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 219. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
External links
[edit]- Radio Patrol at IMDb
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