Mandrake the Magician (serial)

Mandrake the Magician
Directed by Norman Deming
Sam Nelson
Produced by Jack Fier
Written by Joseph F. Poland
Basil Dickey
Ned Dandy
Screenplay, based on the comic strip by
Phil Davis
and
Lee Falk
Starring Warren Hull
Doris Weston
Al Kikume
Rex Downing
Music by Morris Stoloff
musical director
Sidney Cutner
and
Floyd Morgan
additional music
Cinematography Benjamin H. Kline
Edited by Richard Fantl
Jerry Thoms
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release dates
  • December 7, 1939 (1939-12-07)
Running time
12 chapters (215 minutes)
Country United States
Language English

Mandrake the Magician (1939) is the seventh serial released by Columbia Pictures. It was based upon the comic strip of the same name.

Plot

Mandrake and his assistant Lothar are working the cruise lines and make the acquaintance of Professor Houston who has developed a radium energy machine, which is much coveted by a masked Crime Lord known as "The Wasp". The Wasp unleashes his army of accomplices in waves to steal the invention by any means necessary. Mandrake and his allies finally catch up to "The Wasp" and discover the Crime Lord is actually a scientist who posed as a close friend of Houston's.

Cast

Chapter titles

  1. Shadow on the Wall
  2. Trap of the Wasp
  3. City of Terror
  4. The Secret Passage
  5. The Devil's Playmate
  6. The Fatal Crash
  7. Gamble for Life
  8. Across the Deadline
  9. Terror Rides the Rails
  10. The Unseen Monster
  11. At the Stroke of Eight
  12. The Reward of Treachery

Source:[1]

See also

References

  1. Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 224. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
Preceded by
Flying G-Men (1939)
Columbia Serial
Mandrake the Magician (1939)
Succeeded by
Overland with Kit Carson (1939)
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