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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Tristram Coffin | ... | Jeffrey King | |
| Mae Clarke | ... | Glenda Thomas | |
| Don Haggerty | ... | Tony Dirken | |
| House Peters Jr. | ... | Burt Winslow | |
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James Craven | ... | Prof. Millard [Chs. 1-7, 10] |
| I. Stanford Jolley | ... | Prof. Bryant | |
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Douglas Evans | ... | Chairman [Ch. 12] |
| Ted Adams | ... | Martin Conway [Chs. 1-4] | |
| Stanley Price | ... | Gunther Von Strum | |
| Dale Van Sickel | ... | Martin - Henchman [Ch.1] / Prof. Drake [Ch. 1] / Gates - Henchman [Chs. 6-7, 9-11] | |
| Tom Steele | ... | Knox - Henchman [Chs. 1, 3-4, 7] / Taxi Driver [Chs. 10-11] | |
| David Sharpe | ... | Blears - Henchman / Cliff / Stark | |
| Eddie Parker | ... | Rowan [Ch. 3] | |
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Michael Ferro | ... | Turk - Henchman [Ch. 8] |
| Frank O'Connor | ... | Warehouse Guard [Chs. 1, 10] | |
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Prof. Millard pretends to be dead and helps Jeff King ferret out Vulcan, the evil traitor at the science academy. Donning his Rocket Man costume King goes from one hair raising rescue to the next in order to keep the newly invented Decimator out of the clutches of Vulcan and his minions. Written by Randy Spencer <spencer@ricochet.net>
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8 June 1949 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$165,592 (estimated)Company Credits
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Runtime:
(12 episodes)Sound Mix:
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Jeffrey King: It's getting to be a habit that I'd like to break.
Glenda Thomas: Well, I was only trying to help.
Jeffrey King: The best you can do is help yourself to a ride back to town. The highway is right over there.
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There are several times when Jeff puts on the suit he forgets to close the trunk of his car. See more »Goofs
Conway is murdered by having a knife thrown into the middle of his back, yet Glenda accepts his death as a suicide (and wonders why he'd kill himself before ending his suicide confession/note). See more »Quotes
Glenda Thomas: Am I glad you caught up with me again.Jeffrey King: It's getting to be a habit that I'd like to break.
Glenda Thomas: Well, I was only trying to help.
Jeffrey King: The best you can do is help yourself to a ride back to town. The highway is right over there.
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This movie serial has been on my mind for years. I finally found it via the internet. What a wonderful find! Not the greatest of acting, just a nice memory from days gone by, from when I was a kid and paying 3d (pennies) old stuff!!, in 1956-7 to go to Saturday morning movies with my brothers and be so excited at having to wait until the following week to see if Jeff King would escape! He always did, but it was never as was portrayed the previous week.... the mind forgets the small details when a week has gone by. Tristram Coffin made hundreds of film and television appearances, none of which were Oscar winners, but he was always presenting himself with a hero presence. As I say, not the greatest acting, but a brilliant step back in time to when all life was really rather innocent. Great stuff!!