Fighting Devil Dogs
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| The Fighting Devil Dogs | |
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| Directed by | William Witney John English |
| Produced by | Robert M Beche |
| Written by | Franklin Adreon Ronald Davidson Barry Shipman Sol Shor |
| Starring | Lee Powell Herman Brix Eleanor Stewart Montagu Love Hugh Sothern Sam Flint Perry Ivins Forrest Taylor John Picorri |
| Cinematography | William Nobles |
| Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 1938 |
| Running time | (12 episodes) / 204 min |
| Budget | $92,569 |
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The Fighting Devil Dogs (1938) is a 12-Chapter Republic Movie Serial starring Lee Powell and Herman Brix. It was directed by William Witney and John English. While not often considered one of the best serials ever made, it contains a lot of stock footage and two recap chapters, it is famous for its main villain, The Lightning.
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[edit] Plot
The Masked Mystery Villain, The Lightning, seeks to conquer the world with his arsenal of advanced electrical weaponry. Opposing him are two Marines, Lt Tom Grayson and Lt Frank Corby. Lt Grayson has a special reason to defeat The Lightning as he killed his father, but first they must disover The Lightning's true identity.
[edit] Cast
Lee Powell as Lt Tom Grayson
Herman Brix as Lt Frank Corby
Eleanor Stewart as Janet Warfield
Montagu Love as General White
Hugh Sothern as Ben Warfield
Sam Flint as Col Grayson
Perry Ivins as Crenshaw
Forrest Taylor as Benson
John Picorri as Prof Gould
[edit] Trivia
- The Lightning is visually similar to Darth Vader from the Star Wars movies and may have been a direct inspiration.
- The Lighting's Flying Wing is stock footage taken from the earlier Dick Tracy serial. In Dick Tracy it was used by another Masked Mystery Villain, The Spider.
- The Fighting Devil Dogs was cheaply made serial. It was originally budgetted for only $94,656 but actually came in under budget at $92,569. It has two recap chapters rather than the usual one (or sometimes none), in which the entire plot of the serial so far is repeated, and makes extensive use of stock footage.
- Director William Witney believed this to be one of the worst of the serials he ever made.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Witney, William (2005). In a Door, Into a Fight, Out a Door, Into a Chase: Moviemaking Remembered by the Guy at the Door. McFarland & Company. ISBN 0786422580.
[edit] External Links
The Fighting Devil Dogs at the Internet Movie Database
The Fighting Devil Dogs at Images: A Journal of Film And Popular Culture
Dr Hermes Review of The Fighting Devil Dogs
The Serial Squadron
| Preceded by: The Lone Ranger (1938) |
Republic Serial The Fighting Devil Dogs (1938) |
Succeeded by: Dick Tracy Returns (1938) |
| Preceded by: The Lone Ranger (1938) |
Witney-English Serial The Fighting Devil Dogs (1938) |
Succeeded by: Dick Tracy Returns (1938) |
