G-Men Never Forget (1948)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Directors:

Fred C. Brannon
Yakima Canutt

Writers:

Franklin Adreon (original screenplay)
Basil Dickey (original screenplay)

Release Date:

31 January 1948 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Crime

Tagline:

GRIPPING With ACTION...GREAT With EXCITEMENT...World-Famous G-Men hold you spellbound in the most smashing serial you've ever seen!

Plot:

G-Man and a female detective sergeant pursue racketeers, unaware that her police commissioner is actually a gang boss altered by plastic surgery.

Plot Keywords:

Police Commissioner | Police | Plastic Surgery | G Man | Detective

Cast

Clayton Moore	...	Agent Ted O'Hara
Roy Barcroft	...	Vic Murkland / Commissioner Angus Cameron
Ramsay Ames	...	Frances Blake
Gil Frye	...	Duke Graham (as Drew Allen)
Tom Steele	...	Parker (Lanky Thug) [Chs. 2, 6] / Gifford [Ch. 7] / Jack [Ch. 11]
Dale Van Sickel	...	Fred Brent (Thug) [Ch. 1-2] / Slocum (Thug) [Ch. 7] / Bud [Ch. 8] / Gill [Ch. 9] / Wilkins [Ch. 12]
Edmund Cobb	...	R.J. Cook
Stanley Price	...	Robert 'Doc' Benson
Jack O'Shea	...	Slater - Benson's Aide
Barry Brooks	...	George (Orderly) [Ch. 8]
Douglas Aylesworth	...	Det. Hayden (as Doug Aylesworth)
Frank O'Connor	...	Dist. Atty. MacLain [Ch. 12]
Dian Fauntelle	...	Cook's secretary [Ch. 3]
Eddie Acuff	...	'Fiddler' - Used Car Salesman [Chs.3-4]
Ken Terrell	...	Kelsey (Thug) [Ch. 1] / Joe (Camera Thug) [Ch. 6] / Henchman Joe

Runtime:

167 min (12 chapters)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #12534)

Filming Locations:

Iverson Ranch, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Republic Pictures (I)

Trivia:

Chapter Titles: - 1. Death Rides the Torrent - 2. The Flaming Doll House - 3. Code Six-Four-Five - 4. Shipyard Saboteurs - 5. The Dean Man Speaks - 6. Marked Money - 7. Hot Cargo - 8. The Fatal Letter - 9. The Death Wind - 10.The Innocent Victim - 11.Counter-Plot - 12.Exposed

Movie Connections:

Edited into Code 645 (1966) (TV)

Serial Review

This fast paced serial is another good example of Republics skill of using scenes,endings and the like from other serials, combined with a new screen play to produce an action packed cliffhanger. Roy Barcroft has a field day with the dual role of the police Commissoner and the mastermind out to take over the city. He is ably assisted by the likes of henchmen Drew Allen,Tom Steele and Dale van Sickle to name a few. His efforts are in vain when G man Clayton Moore and policewoman Ramsey Ames get on the case. Serial devotees will notice several endings from their favorites, but everything is so tightly edited that it all seems to make sense. Add a rousing theme and score by Mort Glickman, crisp photography,and Yakima Cannut doing co-directing,there's always something exciting going on. Twelve chapters of non stop action.