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8.0/10   29 votes
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Director:
Wallace Fox
Writers:
Lewis Clay (screenplay)
Arthur Hoerl (screenplay)
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Release Date:
22 May 1947 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Crime more
Tagline:
Crashing from "action comics" magazine to rousing serial adventure!
Plot:
Columbia's 33rd serial (made between "Jack Armstrong" and "The Sea Hound") was based on the character that first appeared in "Action Comics" No... more | add synopsis
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Action was slow but enjoyable more (3 total)

Cast

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Ralph Byrd ... Greg Sanders, aka The Vigilante
Ramsay Ames ... Betty Winslow

Lyle Talbot ... George Pierce
George Offerman Jr. ... Stuff
Robert Barron ... Prince Hamil (wrongly listed on-screen as Prince Hassan)
Hugh Prosser ... Capt. Reilly
Jack Ingram ... Silver, a.k.a. X-2
Eddie Parker ... Doc, a.k.a. X-3
Tiny Brauer ... Thorne, a.k.a. X-9 [Chs.9-11,14-15] (as Bill Brauer)
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Runtime:
USA:285 min (15 episodes)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Filming Locations:
Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA more
Company:
Columbia Pictures Corporation more

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Chapter Titles: - 1. The Vigilante Rides Again - 2. Mystery of the White Horses - 3. Double Peril! - 4. Desperate Flight - 5. In the Gorilla's Cage - 6. Battling the Unknown - 7. Midnight Rendezvous - 8. Blasted to Eternity - 9. The Fatal Flood - 10. Danger Ahead - 11. X-1 Closes In - 12. Danger Rides the Rails - 13. The Trap That Failed - 14. Closing In - 15. The Secret of the Skyroom more

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Action was slow but enjoyable, 12 June 2005
5/10
Author: irvin2 from United States

The plot was interesting and unique. However, it was stretched thin and some chapters dragged. 12 chapters would have been better than 15. Ralph Byrd was rather wooden in the title role and a slightly younger actor like Kane Richmond or Clayton Moore would have been preferable. Ramsey Ames was great as the heroine. I thoroughly enjoyed her singing. The comic book Vigilante was a country and western singer. It's too bad that more country music was not featured as it might have made the serial move faster. Lyle Talbot was adequate as the villain but Charles Middleton would have been better. The sidekick Stuff did not provide the comic relief that is typical of most sidekicks. George Offerman,Jr.was no Smiley Burnette.

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