Junior G-Men (1940)

A gang of street kids work with the FBI in their attempt to find and rescue their leader's father, a scientist who has been kidnapped by a terrorist group.

Directors:

Ford Beebe, John Rawlins

Writers:

George H. Plympton (original screenplay), Basil Dickey (original screenplay),

Stars:

Billy Halop, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell

Cast

Cast overview:
Billy Halop	...	Billy Barton
Huntz Hall	...	Gyp
Gabriel Dell	...	Terry
Bernard Punsly	...	Lug
Ken Lundy	...	Buck
Kenneth Howell	...	Harry Trent
Roger Daniels	...	Midge (as Roger Daniel)
Phillip Terry	...	Jim Bradford
Russell Hicks	...	Col. Robert Barton
Cy Kendall	...	Brand
Ben Taggart	...	Capt. Severn
Victor Zimmerman	...	Al Corey, a thug
Edgar Edwards	...	Henchman Evans
Gene Rizzi	...	Henchman Foster
Florence Halop	...	Mary

Storyline

A gang of street kids work with the FBI in their attempt to find and rescue their leader's father, a scientist who has been kidnapped by a terrorist group.

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Plot Keywords:

little tough guys | serial

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Taglines:

A THGOUSAND THRILLS IN THEIR FIRST EXCITING SERIAL!...The gangs merge forces...on a hair-raising spy hunt!

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 November 1940 (USA)

Also Known As:

Agentes secretos juveniles

Filming Locations:

Metropolitan Airport - 6590 Hayvenhurst Avenue, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

240 min 240 min (12 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Chapter Titles:

• 1. Enemies Within
• 2. The Blast of Doom
• 3. Human Dynamite
• 4. Blazing Danger
• 5. Trapped By Traitors
• 6. Traitors' Treachery
• 7. Flaming Death
• 8. Hurled Through Space
• 9. The Plunge of Peril
• 10.The Toll of Treason
• 11.Descending Doom
• 12.The Power of Patriotism

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Connections

Followed by Junior G-Men of the Air (1942)

User Reviews

For Dead End Kids and serial completests only.

Now let me first state that I'm a big fan of both The Dead End Kids/East Side Kids/Bowery Boys and 1940 serials, but I found this serial with the Dead End Kids to be rather rough going. This tale of a gang of street kids joining forces with the FBI to battle enemy agents is trite and unconvincing. The serial contains to many "cheats." That is a chapter ends with what looks like the end for our heroes and the next chapter a scene is inserted that we did not see in the last chapter. Now even other, much better serials have used "cheats", but this employs to many of them. Also as with most of Universals Dead End Kids films, there is no chemistry between Huntz Hall and Billy Halop. I get the feeling that Universal wanted to make a serial about a group teenagers fighting enemy agents and only cast the Dead End Kids because they were under contract, not because they were suited for the film.