Mandrake the Magician
Directed byNorman Deming
Sam Nelson
Written byJoseph F. Poland
Basil Dickey
Ned Dandy
Screenplay, based on the comic strip by
Phil Davis
and
Lee Falk
Produced byJack Fier
StarringWarren Hull
Doris Weston
Al Kikume
Rex Downing
CinematographyBenjamin H. Kline
Edited byRichard Fantl
Jerry Thoms
Music byMorris Stoloff
musical director
Sidney Cutner
and
Floyd Morgan
additional music
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • December 7, 1939 (1939-12-07)
Running time
12 chapters (215 minutes)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Mandrake the Magician (1939) is the seventh serial released by Columbia Pictures. It was based upon the King Features comic strip of the same name.

Plot

Mandrake and his assistant Lothar are working the cruise lines and make the acquaintance of Professor Houston who has developed a radium energy machine, which is much coveted by a masked crime lord known as "The Wasp".[1] The Wasp unleashes his army of accomplices in waves to steal the invention by any means necessary. Mandrake and his allies finally catch up to "The Wasp" and discover the crime lord is actually scientist Dr. Andre Bennett, posing as a close friend of Houston.

Cast

Chapter titles

  1. Shadow on the Wall
  2. Trap of the Wasp
  3. A City of Terror
  4. The Secret Passage
  5. The Devil's Playmate
  6. The Fatal Crash
  7. Gamble for Life
  8. Across the Deadline
  9. Terror Rides the Rails
  10. The Unseen Monster
  11. At the Stroke of Eight
  12. The Reward of Treachery

Source:[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rovin, Jeff (1987). The Encyclopedia of Supervillains. New York: Facts on File. pp. 368–369. ISBN 0-8160-1356-X.
  2. ↑ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 224. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
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