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Binding: DVD
EAN: 0896058002086
Format: Full Screen, NTSC
Label: Hermitage Hill Media
Manufacturer: Hermitage Hill Media
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Hermitage Hill Media
Release Date: October 28, 2008
Running Time: 278 minutes
Sales Rank: 146969
Studio: Hermitage Hill Media
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
This hard-boiled serial starts at a frantic pace as gangsters try to outrace hawk-faced mob smasher and secret service man Jack Holt on the highway (Step on it! The police are on our tail!) and the tough talk and action never stops from there. Counterfeiters ris Coffin and gang are operating a counterfeiting scheme from their cliffside hideout, down the rapids and past a roaring waterfall. Holt and his boss Malloy (Zorro's Fighting Legion's C. Montague Shaw) decide to try to pass Holt off as wanted felon Nick Farrell to infiltrate the gang. Equally tough-talking (Want me to weep in a bucket?) Miss Drew poses as his wife (not moll -- wife, and don't you forget it. Want to see the certificate?) and fights beside Jack to defeat the gangsters' schemes.
Optional commentary on all 15 chapters by four knowledgable serial fans.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Joseph "Robb" Roberts
The whole idea of a serial or movie for that matter is to get you watching from start to ending. This Serial does that, mostly on the sholders of its star Jack Holt. Could the plot be better? yes. Could the lines be written better? maybe. But WOW! does this serial take off with action in the Saturday movie sreial mode. At one time, Jack Holt was one of the highest paid actors of the silent screen era, and why he was shows through here. When he is on screen, you watch. Also a true fact, The writer ... Read More
Rating:  - Typical James Horne serial of the forties
Many of the Columbia serials of the forties were'nt a whole lot better than the Universals but the 1940-41 Columbia serials had one advantage: they were done with tongue-in-cheek by former Laurel and Hardy director James Horne. In this serial, for example you will see such things as gangsters hanging out their laundry to dry and engage in knockabout fights that are so outrageously phoney as to evince a smile. Jack Holt as our hero reminds one of Fearless Fosdick and engages in tough guy dialogue ... Read More
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