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Writers:
Franklin Adreon (screenplay)
Morgan Cox (story)
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Release Date:
28 August 1937 (USA) more
Genre:
Adventure | Romance | Sci-Fi more
Tagline:
ADVENTURE....THAT SWEEPS THE SEA! ROMANCE...THAT SWEEPS THE HEART! more
Plot:
A mad scientist tries to sell his formula for a dist integrating gas to foreign powers. full summary | add synopsis
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sea serial mayhem more (6 total)

Cast

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Ralph Byrd ... Lt. Terry Kent

Bela Lugosi ... Boroff, alias M.A. Anderson
Maxine Doyle ... Jean Norman
Richard Alexander ... Thorg
Lee Ford ... Snapper McGee
Herbert Rawlinson ... Cmdr. Boyle
John Picorri ... G.A. Rackerby
Lawrence Grant ... Rabinisi (Boroff's spokesman at screening)
Thomas Carr ... Ens. Jim Kent
Carleton Young ... Henchman Dodds [Ch. 4]
Allen Connor ... Dick Norman
George Chesebro ... L.H. DeGado - Chief Thug
Ranny Weeks ... Wies - Ambulance Orderly thug
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Runtime:
224 min (12 episodes)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Approved | Sweden:15 | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)
Filming Locations:
Port Hueneme, California, USA more
Company:
Republic Pictures more

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Chapter Titles: - 1. Disaster At Sea - 2. Barrase Of Death - 3. The Gas Chamber - 4. The Fatal Shaft - 5. The Mystery Ship - 6. Deadly Cargo - 7. Undersea Terror - 8. The Crash - 9. Wolves At Bay - 10. The Acid Trail - 11. The Sea Battle - 12. The Deadly Circle more
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4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
sea serial mayhem, 2 October 2004
Author: ptb-8 from Australia

In Republic's third year of existence they certainly hit their action serial stride in this very well made exciting coast guard serial thriller. Still following the format well designed by Mascot Pictures from 1930-34 until Republic bought them, the opening recalls of each chapter are entertaining and brief and concise. The titles are exciting and the sturdy sets and model work exciting and good to look at. Also of extra interest is the amount of vacant suburban and seaside Los Angeles on show and viewers familiar with locales around LA will enjoy the sight of bare streets, dilapidated buildings and empty beaches no doubt crammed with modern buildings today. Each chapter has an extraordinary amount of location shooting in LA streets and ocean/beach locales. The DVD I have does not have a Republic logo and the chapter endings have original plain text which may have been the style for the time, but I believe from seeing serials from about 1940 there was a more stylised look for the in and out titles. The ocean model work is very well done and a treat to follow, given the Lydecker reputation.

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