Undersea Kingdom
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| Undersea Kingdom | |
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| Directed by | B Reeves Eason Joseph Kane |
| Produced by | Nat Levine |
| Written by | Tracy Knight John Rathmell Maurice Geraghty Oliver Drake |
| Starring | Ray Corrigan Lois Wilde Monte Blue William Farnum C Montague Shaw Lee Van Atta Boothe Howard Raymond Hatton Smiley Burnette Lon Chaney Jr |
| Cinematography | Edgar Lyons William Nobles |
| Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 1936 |
| Running time | 12 chapters/(226 min) |
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Undersea Kingdom was film serial released in 1936 by Republic Pictures and starred Ray "Crash" Corrigan. It was directed by B. Reeves Eason & Joseph Kane, and produced by Nat Levine. Tracy Knight and John Rathmell are credited for the original story.
The plot revolves around the main character "Crash" Corrigan trying to stop an evil tyrant ruler of Atlantis from conquering the upper world. The first chapter of the serial was mocked on the TV show Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Contents |
[edit] Chapter Titles
- Beneath The Ocean Floor
- The Undersea City
- Arena of Death
- Revenge of the Volkites
- Prisoners of Atlantis
- The Juggernaut Strikes
- The Submarine Trap
- Into the Metal Tower
- Death in the Air
- Atlantis Destroyed
- Flaming Death
- Ascent to the Upper World
[edit] Cast List
- Ray Corrigan as Crash Corrigan
- Lois Wilde as Diana Compton
- Monte Blue as Unga Khan
- William Farnum as Sharad
- C Montague Shaw as Professor Norton
- Lee Van Atta as Billy Norton
- Smiley Burnette as Briny Deep
- Lon Chaney Jr as Capt. Hakur
[edit] Trivia
- This is the first appearance of the "Republic Robot". It would turn up again in Mysterious Doctor Satan (1940) and Zombies of the Stratosphere (1952). It is parodied in Star Trek: Voyager's "The Adventures of Captain Proton".
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| Preceded by Darkest Africa (1936) |
Republic Serial Undersea Kingdom (1936) |
Succeeded by The Vigilantes Are Coming (1936) |
