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Director
  
Fred C. Brannon

Budget
  
164,970 USD

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

4.8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Action, Adventure, Crime

Music director
  
Stanley Wilson

Language
  
English

Radar Patrol vs Spy King movie poster

Writer
  
Royal Cole
,
William Lively
,
Sol Shor

Release date
  
23 November 1949

Cast
  
Kirk Alyn
,
George J Lewis
,
Anthony Warde
,
John Merton

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Radar Patrol vs. Spy King is a 1949 12-chapter black-and-white spy film serial produced and distributed by Republic Pictures from an original, commissioned screenplay collaboratively written by Royal K. Cole, William Lively and Sol Shor. Kirk Alyn played the lead.

Contents

Synopsis

John Baroda, a neo-Nazi and his alter ego, The Spy King and his aide Nitra, are part of a sabotaging team for a vast defense system of radar stations along the US borders. Radar Defense Bureau operative Chris Calvert comes to the rescue of radar scientist, Joan Hughes, who has been kidnapped by Baroda's henchmen...

Cast

  • Kirk Alyn as Chris Calvert
  • Jean Dean as Joan Hughes
  • John Merton as John Baroda/Spy King
  • George J. Lewis as Lt Manuel Agura
  • Eve Whitney as Nitra
  • Anthony Warde as Ricco
  • Stephen Gregory as Hugo
  • Tristram Coffin as Franklin Lord

    • Production

    Radar Patrol vs. Spy King was budgeted at $164,970 although the final negative cost was $164,632 (a $338, or 0.2%, under spend). It was filmed between 20 September and 12 October 1949. The serial's production number was 1706.

    Stunts

  • Tom Steele as Chris Calvert & Ricco Morgan (doubling Kirk Alyn & Anthony Warde)
  • Dale Van Sickel Chris Calvert, Ricco Morgan & Lt Manuel Agura (doubling Kirk Alyn, Anthony Warde and George J. Lewis)
  • David Sharpe as Lt Manuel Agura (doubling George J. Lewis)

    • Special effects

    The special effects were created by the Lydecker brothers.

    Theatrical

    Radar Patrol vs. Spy King's official release date is November 23, 1949, although this is actually the date the sixth chapter was made available to film exchanges. This was followed by a re-release of Undersea Kingdom instead of a new serial. The next new serial, The Invisible Monster, followed in spring of 1950.

    Chapter titles

    1. The Fatal Fog (20min)
    2. Perilous Trail (13min 20s)
    3. Rolling Fury (13min 20s)
    4. Flight of the Spy King (13min 20s)
    5. Trapped Underground (13min 20s)
    6. Wheels of Disaster (13min 20s)
    7. Electrocution (13min 20s)
    8. Death Rings the Phone (13min 20s)
    9. Tomb of Terror (13min 20s)
    10. Death Dive (13min 20s) - a re-cap chapter
    11. Desperate Mission (13min 20s)
    12. Day of Reckoning (13min 20s)

    Source:

    References

    Radar Patrol vs. Spy King Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    Radar Patrol vs. Spy King IMDb Radar Patrol vs. Spy King themoviedb.org