G-Men Never Forget

G-Men Never Forget
Directed by Fred C. Brannon
Yakima Canutt
Produced by M. J. Frankovich
Written by Franklin Adreon
Basil Dickey
Jesse Duffy
Sol Shor
Starring Clayton Moore
Roy Barcroft
Ramsay Ames
Drew Allen
Tom Steele
Dale Van Sickel
Edmund Cobb
Stanley Price
Jack O'Shea
Cinematography John MacBurnie
Distributed by Republic Pictures
Release dates
31 January 1948 (serial)[1]
1966 (TV)[1]
Running time
12 chapters / 167 minutes (serial)[1]
100 minutes (TV)[1]
Language English
Budget $151,061 (negative cost: $151,554)[1]

G-Men Never Forget (1948) is a Republic Movie serial. The serial was re-released as a film in 1966 under the title Code 645.

Plotline

Escaped criminal Victor Murkland kidnaps the police commissioner and, with the aid of plastic surgery, takes his place. Federal Agent O'Hara is called in to try to stop the wave of crime initiated by Murkland not knowing that he is pretending to be the police commissioner and is aware of O'Haras' every move...

Cast

Production

G-Men Never Forget was budgeted at $151,061 although the final negative cost was $151,554 (a $493, or 0.3%, overspend). It was the most expensive Republic serial of 1948.[1]

It was filmed between 16 July and 7 August 1947.[1] The serial's production number was 1698.[1]

Stunts

Special effects

The special effects were created by the Lydecker brothers.

Release

Theatrical

G-Men Never Forget's official release date is 31 January 1948, although this is actually the date the sixth chapter was made available to film exchanges.[1]

Television

G-Men Never Forget was one of twenty-six Republic serials re-released as a film on television in 1966. The title of the film was changed to Code 645. This version was cut down to 100-minutes in length.[1]

Chapter titles

  1. Death Rides the Torrent (20min)
  2. The Flaming Doll House/100,000 Volts (13min 20s)[2]
  3. Code Six-Four-Five (13min 20s)
  4. Shipyard Saboteurs (13min 20s)
  5. The Dead Man Speaks (13min 20s)
  6. Marked Money/Marked Evidence (13min 20s)[3]
  7. Hot Cargo (13min 20s)
  8. The Fatal Letter (13min 20s)
  9. The Death Wind (13min 20s) - a re-cap chapter
  10. The Innocent Victim (13min 20s)
  11. Counter-Plot (13min 20s)
  12. Exposed (13min 20s)

Source:[1][4]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 Mathis, Jack (1995). Valley of the Cliffhangers Supplement. Jack Mathis Advertising. pp. 3, 10, 102–103. ISBN 0-9632878-1-8.
  2. "The Flaming Doll House" is recorded as the title of the second chapter in William C. Cline’s In the Nick of Time while "100,000 Volts" is recorded as the title in Jack Mathis’ Valley of the Cliffhangers Supplement.
  3. "Marked Money" is recorded as the title of the sixth chapter in William C. Cline’s In the Nick of Time while "Marked Evidence" is recorded as the title in Jack Mathis’ Valley of the Cliffhangers Supplement.
  4. Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 246. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

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Preceded by
The Black Widow (1947)
Republic Serial
G-Men Never Forget (1948)
Succeeded by
Dangers of the Canadian Mounted (1948)