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The Crimson Ghost

- AN AMAZING ANSWER TO THE ATOMIC BOMB!

A criminal mastermind known as The Crimson Ghost is out to steal a device called the Cyclotrode, which can short-circuit all electrical current on the planet.

Release Date : 1946-10-26

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Republic Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : Cyclotrode XThe Scarlet Shadow

Cast

Character Name : Duncan Richards

Original Name : Charles Quigley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Diana Farnsworth

Original Name : Linda Stirling

Gender : Female

Character Name : Louis Ashe

Original Name : Clayton Moore

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Blackton [Ch. 11]

Original Name : I. Stanford Jolley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Chambers [Chs. 1-2, 8]

Original Name : Kenne Duncan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prof. Van Wyck

Original Name : Forrest Taylor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Anderson [Chs. 1-4]

Original Name : Emmett Vogan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maxwell

Original Name : Sam Flint

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prof. Parker (as Joe Forte)

Original Name : Joseph Forte

Gender : Male

Character Name : Count Fator [Chs. 11-12]

Original Name : Stanley Price

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wilson [Ch. 1]

Original Name : Wheaton Chambers

Gender : Male

Character Name : Henchman Stricker [Chs. 4, 7, 9]

Original Name : Tom Steele

Gender : Male

Character Name : Henchman Harte [Chs. 6-7]

Original Name : Dale Van Sickel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bain

Original Name : Rex Lease

Gender : Male

Character Name : Snyder [Chs. 1-2] / Zane [Ch. 8]

Original Name : Fred Graham

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cross - Apartment Thug [Chs. 11-12]

Original Name : Bud Wolfe

Gender : Male

Reviews

litescameraction

@litescameraction

2021-06-23

I was lucky to have seen this in theaters when it was new. It made such an impression on me that I have bought three different copies of the dvd, and have spent years trying to find or replicate the costume of the Ghost. His entrance during a thunderstorm still gives me chills decades later! Terrific classic 40's serial making. This was the most expensive serial the studio made. Never tire of watching it. A 100% best in class thriller!

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-07-13

I watched the abridged (ninety minutes) version of this serialisation and though I did like the eponymous baddie, I think it would have been better left as a twelve-parter with a week between each episode to anticipate the next instalment - and possibly forget the last. It's all about a devious scientists who is bent on stealing a device that can short circuit just about everything electrical on Earth - extremely useful at neutralising atom bombs, in case you were wondering what anyone would build such a device in the first place. Anyway, before the American military can get hold of the device from it's inventor, he sends his henchmen to pinch it. They hadn't bargained on the heroic efforts of "Duncan" (Chares Quigley) though and soon the tables, chair and windows are all smashed and there are headaches all around. Luckily, the feisty "Diana" (Linda Stirling) is there to help out and despite the death inducing electrical collars you just know that good will win out. That's maybe the problem for me, here. The episodes are quite exciting at the start - ray guns and loads of threat, but quickly the repetitious fisticuffs and frenetic pace of the score starts to overwhelm the fun scientific elements of this. Some of the use of shadow works quite well to sustain a sense of peril, but the acting is really nothing special and after a while even the masked terror lost his menace. "Nothing stands in the way of the Crimson Ghost"! Well, maybe a dentist might have been in order. If you can see the three hours of original programming, then I'd go for that. Shortened, it's all a bit predictable and not that great.