The Lost Special (serial)

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The Lost Special
Directed by	Henry MacRae
Produced by	Henry MacRae
Written by	Ella O'Neill George Morgan George H. Plympton Basil Dickey Arthur Conan Doyle (original story)
Starring	Frank Albertson Ernie Nevers Cecilia Parker Caryl Lincoln
Cinematography	John Hickson
Editing by	Alvin Todd Edward Todd
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	5 December 1932
Running time	12 chapters (240 min)
Country	United States
Language	English
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The Lost Special (1932) is a Universal movie serial based on the story The Lost Special by Arthur Conan Doyle. This adaptation does not include Conan Doyle's charactr Sherlock Holmes, and moves events to the American West.

This was the 84th serial (and the 16th serial with sound) to be released by Universal.

1 Plot overview
2 Cast
3 Chapter titles
4 Stunts
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Plot overview

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A special train carrying gold bullion from the Golconda Mine, that is stopped by henchmen, working secretly for Sam Slater (J. Frank Glendon), partner of Potter Hood (Francis Ford), in the mine ownership. Laying down portable tracks, the bandits take the train off the main line, hide it in an abandoned mine shaft, steal the gold, and pick up their make-shift tracks, leaving a mystery in their wake. Potter's son Tom Hood (Frank Albertson), just home from college, determines to solve the mystery with the aid of his pal Bob Collins (Ernie Nevers.) They board the gold-shipment special train on its next run. Newspaper reporter Betty Moore (Cecilia Parker)and her friend Kate Bland (Caryl Lincoln)are in a car driving along a road that parallels the train tracks, when Bob is attacked by henchman Dirk (Tom London) and, while fighting, Dirk's revolver goes off, shatters the windshield of Betty's Car, blinding her and sending her car toward the on-rushing train.

[edit] Cast

Frank Albertson as Tom Hood, son of Potter Hood
Ernie Nevers as Bob Collins, Tom's friend.
Cecilia Parker as Betty Moore, Reporter and niece of Horace Moore
Francis Ford as Potter Hood, part owner of the Golconda gold mine
J. Frank Glendon as Sam Slater, part owner of the Golconda gold mine
Frank Beal as Horace Moore, owner of the railroad
Caryl Lincoln as Kate Bland, friend of Betty Moore
Tom London as Dirk/Detective Dane
Al Ferguson as Gavin
Jack Clifford as Doran
Edmund Cobb as Spike
Joe Bonomo as Joe
George Magrill as Lefty
Harold Nelson as Professor Wilson

[edit] Chapter titles

The Lost Special
Roaring Death
The Red Lantern
Devouring Flames
The Lightning Strikes
House of Mystery
Tank Room Terror
The Fatal Race
Into the Depths
Jaws of Death
Flaming Forest
Retribution

[edit] Stunts

George DeNormand
George Magrill

[edit] See also

List of film serials by year
List of film serials by studio

[edit] References

[edit] External links

The Lost Special at the Internet Movie Database

Preceded by The Jungle Mystery (1932)	Universal Serial The Lost Special (1932)	Succeeded by Clancy of the Mounted (1933)

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 1930s

1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939

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