Secret Agent X-9 (1945 serial)

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Secret Agent X-9
Agentx9movie.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Lewis D. Collins
Ray Taylor
Written by Joseph O'Donnell
Harold Channing Wire
Patricia Harper
Dashiell Hammett (comic strip)
Produced by Morgan Cox
Starring Lloyd Bridges
Keye Luke
Jan Wiley
Victoria Horne
Samuel S. Hinds
Cy Kendall
Cinematography Maury Gertsman
Ernest Miller
Edited by Norman A. Cerf (supervisor)
Irving Birnbaum
Jack Dolan
Alvin Todd
Edgar Zane
Music by Milton Rosen
Paul Sawtell
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
  • July 24, 1945 (1945-07-24)
Running time
13 chapters (246 minutes)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Secret Agent X-9 is a 1945 Universal movie serial based on the comic strip Secret Agent X-9 . It was the second serial with this name, the first was released by Universal in 1937.

Contents

Plot

On a neutral island in the Pacific called Shadow Island (above the island of Formosa), run by American gangster Lucky Kamber, both sides in World War II attempt to control the secret of element 722, which can be used to create synthetic aviation fuel.

Cast

Production

Secret Agent X-9 is based on the comic strip Secret Agent X-9 by Dashiell Hammett, Leslie Charteris and others. It was Universal's last comic strip adaptation (from 1936 to 1945, Universal made almost as many serial adaptations of comic strips as both of their rivals, Columbia and Republic, combined). [1] The serial reuses footage and Frank Skinner's score from Universal's Gung Ho! .

Stunts

Chapter titles

  1. Torpedo Rendezvous
  2. Ringed by Fire (or "The Flaming Lake" per the on screen teaser card)
  3. Death Curve
  4. Floodlight Murder
  5. Doom Downgrade
  6. Strafed by a Zero
  7. High Pressure Deadline
  8. The Dropping Floor
  9. The Danger Point
  10. Japanese Burial
  11. Fireworks for Deadmen
  12. Big Gun Fusillade
  13. Zero Minute

Source: [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Cline, William C. (1984). "2. In Search of Ammunition". In the Nick of Time . McFarland & Company, Inc. pp.  18. ISBN   0-7864-0471-X.
  2. ↑ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time . McFarland & Company, Inc. pp.  241. ISBN   0-7864-0471-X.


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