Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc
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| Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc. | |
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| Directed by | Fred C. Brannon |
| Produced by | Franklin Adreon |
| Written by | Royal K Cole Basil Dickey William Lively Sol Shor |
| Starring | Kirk Alyn Rosemary La Planche Roy Barcroft Carol Forman cinematography =John MacBurnie |
| Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 1949 |
| Running time | 12 chapters (167 min) |
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Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc. is a 12-episode black and white serial film produced by Republic Pictures Corporation during July of 1948 and released in January 1949, an original screenplay written collaboratively by Royal K. Cole, Basil Dickey, William Lively and Sol Shor as a crime genre story with elements of "the mysterious Orient" incorporated in the plot.
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[edit] Plot
Nila, an Abistahnian criminal, and Spade Gordon, an American gangster, conspire to form a super-mob dubbed Underworld, Incorporated, funded by the treasure of Kurigal I of Abistahn, instructions for the location of which are contained in hieroglyphics written on two golden statues in the shape of hands, found in Kurigal's tomb. When the professor in charge of the tomb's dig disappears under mysterious circumstances while translating the writing on one of the hands back at his American office, a team of special government agents led by David Worth and his aide Steve Evans, assisted by the professor's aide Laura Keith, set out to find the professor and the now-missing hands.
[edit] Post Production
In 1966, in its last days, Republic had a made-for-TV movie, Golden Hands of Kurigal, edited from the serial and included in its Century 66 Package syndicated by National Telefilm Associates.
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[edit] Cast
- Kirk Alyn as Inspector David Worth
- Rosemary LaPlanche as Laura Keith
- Roy Barcroft as Spade Gordon
- Carol Forman as Nila
- James Dale as Agent Steve Evans
- Bruce Edwards as Prof Paul Williams
- James Craven as Prof James Clayton
- Tristram Coffin as Frank Chambers
[edit] Chapter titles
- The Golden Hands
- The Floating Coffin
- Death In Disguise
- Fatal Evidence
- The Trapped Conspirator
- Wheels Of Disaster
- The Hidden Key
- The Enemy's Mouthpiece
- The Stolen Hand
- Unmasked
- Tombs Of The Ancients
- The Curse Of Kurigal
[edit] Stunts & Effects
[edit] Stunts
- Tom Steele as Inspector David Worth/Spade Gordon/Frank Chambers (doubling Kirk Alyn, Roy Barcroft & Tristram Coffin)
- Dale Van Sickel as Inspector David Worth/Prof Paul Williams (doubling Kirk Alyn & Bruce Edwards)
- John Daheim as Agent Steve Evans (doubling James Dale)
[edit] Special Effects
The special effects in this serial were created by the Howard & Theodore Lydecker, Republic's in-house effect team.
[edit] See also
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| Preceded by Adventures of Frank and Jesse James (1948) |
Republic Serial Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc. (1949) |
Succeeded by Ghost of Zorro (1949) |
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