Junior G-Men (serial)

Junior G-Men
Directed by Ford Beebe
John Rawlins
Produced by Henry MacRae
Screenplay by George H. Plympton
Basil Dickey
Rex Taylor
Starring Billy Halop
Huntz Hall
Gabriel Dell
Bernard Punsly
Ken Lundy
Cinematography Jerome Ash
Edited by Saul A. Goodkind
Joseph Gluck
Louis Sackin
Alvin Todd
Production
company
Universal Pictures
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
  • October 1, 1940 (1940-10-01)
Running time
 240 minutes
(12 chapters)
Country United States
Language English

Junior G-Men is a 1940 Universal film serial. It was Universal's 116th serial (and the 48th with sound) of their total of output of 137. It is one of the three serials starring "The Dead End Kids and Little Tough Guys" who were under contract to Universal at the time. The plot is a pre-World War II G-Man story about fifth columnists in the United States, with the FBI joining forces with children to save the country.

Synopsis

A group of saboteurs called the "Order of the Flaming Torch" who are trying to undermine the "social order" of the United States kidnaps several prominent scientists, including the father of a local street gang member. The gang team up with the FBI and the "Junior G-Men" in order to stop the saboteurs.

Cast

Production

Stunts

Chapter titles

  1. Enemies Within
  2. The Blast of Doom
  3. Human Dynamite
  4. Blazing Danger
  5. Trapped by Traitors
  6. Traitors' Treachery
  7. Flaming Death
  8. Hurled Through Space
  9. The Plunge of Peril
  10. The Toll of Treason
  11. Descending Doom
  12. The Power of Patriotism

Source:[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 228. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
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