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Director:
William Witney
Writers:
Ronald Davidson (original screenplay)
Norman S. Hall (original screenplay)
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Release Date:
4 April 1942 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Adventure more
Plot:
Alan Armstrong, aka Spy Smasher, battles a Nazi villain known as The Mask, who heads a gang of saboteurs determined to spread destruction across America. | add synopsis
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Cast

  (Credited cast)
Kane Richmond ... Alan Armstrong (Spy Smasher) / Jack Armstrong
Marguerite Chapman ... Eve Corby
Sam Flint ... Adm. Corby
Hans Schumm ... The Mask
Tristram Coffin ... Drake (as Tris Coffin)
Franco Corsaro ... Capt. Pierre Durand [Chs. 1-4]
Hans von Morhart ... Capt. Gerhardt [Chs. 1, 8, 12]
Georges Renavent ... Gov. LeComte [Ch. 3]
Rudolph Anders ... Dungeon Col. Von Kohr [Ch. 1] (as Robert O. Davis)
Henry Zynda ... Lazar [Ch. 1]
Paul Bryar ... Lawlor
Tom London ... Crane
Richard Bond ... Henchman Hayes
Crane Whitley ... Hauser
John James ... Henchman Steve
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Additional Details

Runtime:
215 min (12 chapters)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Passed

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The Mask was one of the few comic book/strip foes to appear in a serial. Except for Ming the Merciless, Luthor in Superman vs. Atom Man, and Laska/Leska from Blackhawk#31 in Blackhawk, very few serial adaptations featured foes from the original strips. more
Quotes:
[while on patrol, Jack and Spy Smasher spot a suspicious boat]
Jack Armstrong: That's the third buoy they've picked up.
Spy Smasher: It's high time we got better acquainted!
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Firesign Theatre Presents 'Hot Shorts' (1983) more

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11 out of 12 people found the following comment useful:-
Smashing!, 30 August 2000
Author: Shield-3 from Kansas City, MO, USA

I do so love to watch professionals at work.

When you watch "Spy Smasher," you see a genre and a studio at the top of their form. Everything in this serial clicks and hums along like a well-oiled machine. The plot is exciting and as logical as it need be, the music fast and inspiring, the cliffhangers harrowing, and the acting professional and dead-on. It's Republic Studios at the height of their game, ancestor to the big action flicks of today, and sheer pleasure to watch.

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