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Writers:
Johnston McCulley (character)
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Release Date:
16 November 1944 (USA) more
Genre:
Western more
Tagline:
MASK OF MYSTERY! Who is this daring figure who conquers villainy and evil with the crack of a blazing black whip! more
Plot:
Hammond, owner of the town's stagecoach line and a leading citizen, is opposed to Idaho becoming a state... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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George J. Lewis ... Vic Gordon
Linda Stirling ... Barbara Meredith (The Black Whip)
Lucien Littlefield ... 'Tenpoint' Jackson
Francis McDonald ... Dan Hammond
Hal Taliaferro ... Henchman Baxter
John Merton ... Henchman Ed Harris
John Hamilton ... Mr. Walsh (Banker) [Chs.1-3,10-12]
Tom Chatterton ... Crescent City Councilman
Tom London ... Commissioner James Bradley [Ch.1]
Jack Kirk ... Marshal Wetherby
Jay Kirby ... Randolph Meredith [Ch.1]
Si Jenks ... Zeke Hayden [Chs. 6-7]
Stanley Price ... Hedges, Hammond's Clerk-Henchman
Tom Steele ... Henchman Ed [Chs. 1, 9, 12] / Rancher [Ch. 7]
Duke Green ... Trail Heavy Evans [Chs. 1-2, 8] / Ranchhouse Heavy Brown [Ch. 9]
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Runtime:
211 min (12 episodes)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #10135)
Company:
Republic Pictures more

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Trivia:
Although this serial carries the credit "based on characters created by Johnston McCulley", none of the Zorro characters appears in this film. It was released as a Zorro film apparently so that the studio could be sure the moviegoers would come to watch the serial. Also, 'George J. Lewis, who plays the Black Whip's sidekick, usually played villainous roles - this was apparently the only serial in which he plays the hero. Someone in the casting department must have been off sick that day. more
Quotes:
Mr. Walsh [Chs.1-3,10-12]: The outlaws went to far when they stole federal funds from my bank. I telegraphed Washington and there's a federal commissioner on his way to take charge of things until we hold the statehood election. more
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Featured in "The American Experience: Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst (#17.11)" (2004) more

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Its not Zorro its the Black Whip, 3 July 2008
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Author: dbborroughs from Glen Cove, New York

Zorro is gone and replaced by the Black Whip. Its 1880 something and one of the territories in the American west wants statehood to bring law and order but a band of outlaws doesn't want it. So the black whip rides to the rescue. At first its the publisher of the paper in disguise but when he dies his sister takes on the role. Good western serial and one of the few real action ones with a woman in the lead. Linda Sterling makes a dynamite action queen, even if she was doubled for most of the action. If there is a flaw it's that its that Republic was moving toward the machine like precision in the construction of their serials. The construction is Spartan and there is nothing extraneous anywhere so things can feel rather sparse. You can almost guess what the cliffhanger is going to be (especially if you've seen other serials since many are lifted from others in the Republic canon). Still its a very good serial, better if you aren't tearing through a great number in a short period them like I am.

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