Junior G-Men (serial)

Junior G-Men

Directed by	Ford Beebe John Rawlins
Produced by	Henry MacRae
Written by	George H. Plympton Basil Dickey Rex Taylor
Starring	Billy Halop Huntz Hall Gabriel Dell Bernard Punsly Ken Lundy
Music by	Charles Previn
Cinematography	Jerome Ash
Editing by	Saul A. Goodkind (supervising) Joseph Gluck Louis Sackin Alvin Todd
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	1940 (1940)
Running time	12 chapters (240 min)
Country	United States
Language	English

Junior G-Men (1940) is a Universal film serial. It was Universal's 116th serial (and the 48th with sound) of their total of output of 137. It is one of the three serials starring "The Dead End Kids and Little Tough Guys" who were under contract to Universal at the time. The plot is a pre-World War II G-Man story about fifth columnists in the United States, with the FBI joining forces with children to save the country.

1 Synopsis
2 Cast
- 2.1 The Dead End Kids and the Little Tough Guys
- 2.2 Additional Cast
3 Production
- 3.1 Stunts
4 Chapter titles
5 References
6 External links

Synopsis

A group of saboteurs who are trying to undermine the government kidnap several prominent scientists, including the father of a local street gang member. The gang team up with the FBI and the "Junior G-Men" in order to stop the saboteurs.

Cast

The Dead End Kids and the Little Tough Guys

Billy Halop as Billy Barton
Huntz Hall as Gyp
Gabriel Dell as Terry
Bernard Punsly as Lug
Ken Lundy as Buck
Harris Berger as Sailor (uncredited)
Hally Chester as Murph, a Junior-G Man (uncredited)

Additional Cast

Kenneth Howell as Harry Trent
Roger Daniels as Midge
Phillip Terry as Jim Bradford
Russell Hicks as Colonel Robert Barton
Cy Kendall as Brand
Ben Taggart as Captain Severn
Victor Zimmerman as Al Corey, a thug
Edgar Edwards as Henchman Evans
Gene Rizzi as Henchman Foster
Florence Halop as Mary

Production

Stunts

Dave Sharpe doubled Billy Halop as Billy Barton.

Chapter titles

Enemies Within
The Blast of Doom
Human Dynamite
Blazing Danger
Trapped by Traitors
Traitors' Treachery
Flaming Death
Hurled Through Space
The Plunge of Peril
The Toll of Treason
Descending Doom
The Power of Patriotism

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References

^ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc.. pp. 228. ISBN 078640471X.

External links

Junior G-Men at the Internet Movie Database
Junior G-Men is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]
Junior G-Men at AllRovi

The Dead End Kids and Little Tough Guys

Little Tough Guy • Little Tough Guys in Society • Newsboys' Home • Code of the Streets • Call a Messenger • You're Not So Tough • Junior G-Men • Give Us Wings • Hit the Road • Sea Raiders • Mob Town • Junior G-Men of the Air • Tough As They Come • Mug Town • Keep 'Em Slugging

Universal serials

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

See also

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