G Men Never Forget
6.4 /10 1 Votes
Budget 151,061 USD Cinematography John MacBurnie | 6.2/10 Genre Action, Adventure, Crime Producer M. J. Frankovich Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Director Fred C. Brannon
Yakima Canutt Writer Franklin Adreon , Basil Dickey , Jesse Duffy , Sol Shor Release date 31 January 1948 (serial)
1966 (TV) Directors Fred C. Brannon, Yakima Canutt Cast Clayton Moore (Agent Ted O'Hara), Roy Barcroft (Vic Murkland - Commissioner Angus Cameron), Ramsay Ames (Frances Blake), Gil Frye (Duke Graham), Tom Steele (John Parker), Dale Van Sickel (Fred Brent)Similar movies Mission: Impossible , Hitman: Agent 47 , The Dark Knight Rises , The Dark Knight , Batman Begins , The Amazing Spider-Man |
G-Men Never Forget is a 1948 Republic movie serial. The serial was condensed into a feature film in 1966 and re-released under the title Code 645.
Contents
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.
It was filmed between July 16 and August 7, 1947. The serial's production number was 1698.
Stunts
Special effects
The special effects were created by the Lydecker brothers.
Theatrical
G-Men Never Forget's official release date is January 31, 1948, although this is actually the date the sixth chapter was made available to film exchanges.
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.
Chapter titles
- Death Rides the Torrent (20min)
- The Flaming Doll House/100,000 Volts (13min 20s)
- Code Six-Four-Five (13min 20s)
- Shipyard Saboteurs (13min 20s)
- The Dead Man Speaks (13min 20s)
- Marked Money/Marked Evidence (13min 20s)
- Hot Cargo (13min 20s)
- The Fatal Letter (13min 20s)
- The Death Wind (13min 20s) - a re-cap chapter
- The Innocent Victim (13min 20s)
- Counter-Plot (13min 20s)
- Exposed (13min 20s)
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References
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