Federal Agents vs Underworld, Inc
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Director Fred C. Brannon Music director Stanley Wilson Cinematography John MacBurnie | 5.6/10 IMDb Genre Crime, Drama Producer Franklin Adreon Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Royal K Cole , Basil Dickey , William Lively , Sol Shor Release date 29 January 1949 (serial)
1966 (TV) Cast Kirk Alyn , Carol Forman , Roy Barcroft , Rosemary LaPlanche Similar movies The Green Archer , Hitman: Agent 47 , Watchmen , Zorro Rides Again , Zorro's Fighting Legion , Mysterious Doctor Satan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc. (1949) is a 12-episode black-and-white film serial produced by Republic Pictures during July 1948 and released in January 1949, an original screenplay written collaboratively by Royal K. Cole, Basil Dickey, William Lively and Sol Shor as a crime story with elements of "the mysterious Orient" incorporated in the plot.
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Plot
Nila, an Abistahnian criminal, and Spade Gordon, an American gangster, conspire to form a super-mob dubbed Underworld, Incorporated, funded by the treasure of Kurigal I of Abistahn, instructions for the location of which are contained in hieroglyphics written on two golden statues in the shape of hands, found in Kurigal's tomb. When the professor in charge of the tomb's dig disappears under mysterious circumstances while translating the writing on one of the hands back at his American office, a team of special government agents led by David Worth and his aide Steve Evans, assisted by the professor's aide Laura Keith, set out to find the professor and the now-missing hands.
Cast
Production
Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc. was budgeted at $156,120 although the final negative cost was $155,807 (a $313, or 0.2%, under spend). It was the cheapest Republic serial of 1949.
It was filmed between 6 July and 27 July 1948 under the working title Crime Fighters vs. Underworld, Inc. The serial's production number was 1701.
Stunts
Special Effects
The special effects in this serial were created by the Howard & Theodore Lydecker, Republic's in-house effect team.
Theatrical
Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc.'s official release date is January 29, 1949, although this is actually the date the sixth chapter was made available to film exchanges.
Television
Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc. was one of twenty-six Republic serials re-released as a film on television in 1966. The title of the film was changed to Golden Hands of Kurigal. This version was cut down to 100-minutes in length.
Chapter titles
- The Golden Hands (20min)
- Criminals' Lair (13min 20s)
- Death in Disguise (13min 20s)
- Fatal Evidence (13min 20s)
- The Trapped Conspirator (13min 20s)
- Wheels of Disaster (13min 20s)
- The Hidden Key (13min 20s)
- The Enemy's Mouthpiece (13min 20s)
- The Stolen Hand (13min 20s)
- Unmasked (13min 20s)- a re-cap chapter
- Tombs of the Ancients (13min 20s)
- The Curse of Kurigal (13min 20s)
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