The Green Hornet (serial)

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The Green Hornet
Directed by	Ford Beebe Ray Taylor
Produced by	Henry MacRae
Written by	George H. Plympton Basil Dickey Morrison Wood Lyonel Margolies Fran Striker (characters)
Starring	Gordon Jones Wade Boteler Anne Nagel Keye Luke Phillip Trent Cy Kendall
Cinematography	Jerome Ash William A. Sickner
Editing by	Irving Birnbaum Joseph Gluck Alvin Todd
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	9 January 1940
Running time	258 min
Country	United States
Language	English
Followed by	The Green Hornet Strikes Again
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The Green Hornet (1940) is a Universal movie serial based on the The Green Hornet radio series by George W. Trendle.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Stunts
4 Other versions
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Plot

The Green Hornet, secretly newspaper publisher Britt Reid, and his Korean valet Kato stop and expose several seemingly separate crimes. This leads them into continued conflict with The Leader, the criminal mastermind behind The Syndicate and the individual crimes.

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[edit] Cast

Gordon Jones as Britt Reid otherwise known as The Green Hornet
Al Hodge as the (uncredited) voice of the Green Hornet. Hodge played the Hornet on the original radio series.
Wade Boteler as Michael Axford, Reid's bodyguard
Anne Nagel as Lenore "Casey" Case, Reid's secretary
Keye Luke as Kato, who is Korean in this serial rather than the original Japanese nationality of the character. The radio version merely dropped the specific country of origin and eventually changed it to Filipino.
Phillip Trent as Jasper Jenks, a reporter
Cy Kendall as Curtis Monroe, The Leader's chief henchman
Stanley Andrews as Police Commissioner
Selmer Jackson as District Attorney
Joseph Crehan as Judge Stanton

[edit] Stunts

The only listed stuntman for this serial is Dave Sharpe.

[edit] Other versions

In 1990, GoodTimes Home Video released a feature film version, re-edited from the last six chapters, under the same title.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Preceded by The Phantom Creeps (1939)	Universal Serial The Green Hornet (1940)	Succeeded by Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)

v • d • e Universal serials

Silent Serials (1914-1929)	Lucille Love, Girl of Mystery • The Master Key • The Trey o' Hearts • The Black Box • The Broken Coin • Graft • Under the Crescent • The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring • Liberty • The Mystery Ship • The Red Ace • The Gray Ghost • The Voice on the Wire • The Brass Bullet • Bull's Eye • The Lion's Claws • Lure of the Circus • The Red Glove • The Great Radium Mystery • The Lion Man • The Midnight Man • The Flaming Disc • The Moon Riders • King of the Circus • The Vanishing Dagger • The Dragon's Net • The Diamond Queen • Do or Die • The Secret Four • Terror Trail • The White Horseman • Winners of the West • The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe • In the Days of Buffalo Bill • Perils of the Yukon • The Radio King • With Stanley in Africa • Around the World in Eighteen Days • Beasts of Paradise • The Eagle's Talons • The Ghost City • In the Days of Daniel Boone • The Oregon Trail • The Phantom Fortune • The Social Buccaneer • The Steel Trail • The Fast Express • The Fighting Ranger • The Iron Man • The Riddle Rider • Wolves of the North • Ace of Spades • The Great Circus Mystery • The Scarlet Streak • Fighting with Buffalo Bill • Strings of Steel • The Winking Idol • Blake of Scotland Yard • The Fire Fighters • The Return of the Riddle Rider • The Trail of the Tiger • Whispering Smith Rides • Haunted Island • Tarzan the Mighty • The Vanishing Rider • The Diamond Master • A Final Reckoning • The Pirate of Panama

Part-sound Serials (1929-1930)	The Ace of Scotland Yard • Tarzan the Tiger • The Jade Box • The Lightning Express • Terry of the Times • The Indians Are Coming

Pre-war Sound Serials (1931-1942)	Finger Prints • Heroes of the Flames • Danger Island • Battling with Buffalo Bill • The Spell of the Circus • Detective Lloyd • The Airmail Mystery • Heroes of the West • The Jungle Mystery • The Lost Special • Clancy of the Mounted • The Phantom of the Air • Gordon of Ghost City • The Perils of Pauline • Pirate Treasure • The Vanishing Shadow • The Red Rider • Tailspin Tommy • Rustlers of Red Dog • The Call of the Savage • The Roaring West • Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery • The Adventures of Frank Merriwell • Flash Gordon • The Phantom Rider • Ace Drummond • Jungle Jim • Secret Agent X-9 • Wild West Days • Radio Patrol • Tim Tyler's Luck • Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars • Flaming Frontiers • Red Barry • Scouts to the Rescue • Buck Rogers • The Oregon Trail • The Phantom Creeps • The Green Hornet • Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe • Winners of the West • Junior G-Men • The Green Hornet Strikes Again • Sky Raiders • Riders of Death Valley • Sea Raiders

War-time Serials (1942-1945)	Don Winslow of the Navy • Gang Busters • Junior G-Men of the Air • Overland Mail • The Adventures of Smilin' Jack • Don Winslow of the Coast Guard • Adventures of the Flying Cadets • The Great Alaskan Mystery • Raiders of Ghost City • Mystery of the River Boat • Jungle Queen • The Master Key • Secret Agent X-9

Post-war Serials (1945-1946)	The Royal Mounted Rides Again • The Scarlet Horseman • Lost City of the Jungle • The Mysterious Mr. M

Actors and Actresses	Buster Crabbe • Priscilla Lawson • Béla Lugosi • Frank Merrill • Charles B. Middleton • Jean Rogers • Frank Shannon

Production crew	Ford Beebe • Lewis D. Collins • Robert F. Hill • Lew Landers • Henry MacRae • J. P. McGowan • George H. Plympton • Clifford Smith • Ray Taylor

See also	Film serials • List of film serials • List of film serials by studio

v • d • e American films of the 1940s

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