Captain America (serial)

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Captain America

Directed by	Elmer Clifton John English
Produced by	William J O'Sullivan
Written by	Royal Cole Harry Fraser Joseph Poland Ronald Davidson Basil Dickey Jesse Duffy Grant Nelson Jack Kirby & Joe Simon (character)
Starring	Dick Purcell Lorna Gray Lionel Atwill Charles Trowbridge Russell Hicks George J Lewis John Davidson
Cinematography	John MacBurnie
Distributed by	Republic Pictures
Release date(s)	1944
Running time	15 chapters (244 min)
Budget	$182,623 (negative cost: $222,906)
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Captain America (1944) is a Republic Movie serial based (loosely) on the comic book character Captain America. It was the last Republic serial made about a Superhero.

1 Cast
2 Chapter titles
3 Trivia
4 External links

[edit] Cast

Dick Purcell as Captain America/Grant Gardner
Lorna Gray as Gail Richards
Lionel Atwill as The Scarab/Dr Cyrus Maldor
Charles Trowbridge as Commissioner Dryden
Russell Hicks as Mayor Randolph
George J Lewis as Bart Matson
John Davidson as Gruber

[edit] Chapter titles

The Purple Death
Mechanical Executioner
Scarlet Shroud
Preview of Murder
Blade of Wrath
Vault of Vengeance
Wholesale Destruction
Cremation in the Clouds
Triple Tragedy
The Avenging Corpse
The Dead Man Returns
Horror on the Highway
Skyscraper Plunge
The Scarab Strikes
The Toll of Doom

[edit] Trivia

This Captain America is very different from the original comic book version. For example:
- His secret identity is Grant Gardner rather than Steve Rogers.
- He is a District Attorney instead of a Private in the US Army.
- The "Super-Soldier Serum" origin is not used.
- His famous shield does not appear.
- Despite being made in 1944, the Nazis are not part of this serial in any way.
- His sidekick, Bucky, does not appear.
With a final production cost of $222,906 ($40,283 over budget) this is the most expensive of all the sixty-six serials Republic produced (as well as the most over budget). The next most expensive Republic serials were The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939) at $213,997 and Secret Service in Darkest Africa (1943) at $210,033.