Raiders of Ghost City
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Cinematography Harry Neumann Duration Language English | 5.8/10 IMDb Genre Action, Adventure, History Editors Alvin Todd, Ace Herman Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Director Lewis D. Collins
Ray Taylor Release date 25 June 1944 Writer Luci Ward (original screenplay), Morgan Cox (original screenplay) Directors Ray Taylor, Lewis D. Collins Genres Western, Action Film, Adventure Film, Black-and-white Cast Dennis Moore (Capt. Steve Clark), Wanda McKay (Cathy Haines), Lionel Atwill (Erich von Rugen, alias Alex Morel), Joe Sawyer (Idaho Jones), Regis Toomey (Capt. Clay Randolph [Chs. 1-6]), Virginia Christine (Countess Elsa von Merck, alias Trina Dressard)Similar movies The Green Archer , Hitman: Agent 47 , The Dark Knight Rises , Batman Begins , The Dark Knight , Mission: Impossible Tagline 13 CHAPTERS OF GUN-BLAZING THRILLS! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Raiders of Ghost City is a 1944 Universal movie serial set in California during the American Civil War.
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Plot
At the height of the Civil War, a gang of supposed Confederates, headed by Alex Morel, raid all gold shipments from Oro Grande, California, bound for Washington. Captain Steve Clark is recognized as a Union Secret Service agent by Morel's accomplice Trina Dessard, along with his friend Idaho Jones, is ambushed in the baggage car and sent to almost certain death when the car is un-coupled and plunges down the mountainside.
Leaping to safety, Idaho and Steve report to Colonel Sewell in Oro Grande, and Idaho introduces himself as a Wells Fargo detective to Cathy Haines the Oro Grande company agent. Steve and Idaho learn that the Morel raiders are only posing as Confederates, and their headquarters are at Morel's "Golden Eagle" saloon. He also discovers that members of the gang use old European coins with the date "1752" as identification.
In a raid on the hideout, Steve's brother Jim is killed by the gang. The next victim is Confederate Army Captain Clay Randolph who has discovered that Morel is connected with a group of Prussian spies who have been using the stolen gold to initially finance Prussia's wars but later to buy Alaska from the Russian Empire as a "club over Canada"; hed gives Steve a clue before he dies. The date 1752 of the recognition coins is explained as the date of Frederick the Great's Testament that supposedly gave instructions how Prussia would take over the world.
The clue leads Steve to a San Francisco dive owned by Abel Rackerby, who thinking he has Steve in his power, exposes the ring's activities and operation methods. Aided by the San Francisco Secret Service, Steve escapes and returns to Oro Grande where he and Idaho round up the spies.
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Critical reception
Cline writes that Raiders of Ghost City had a "good cast and production values...It came off quite well."
Chapter titles
- Murder by Accident
- Flaming Treachery
- Death Rides Double
- Ghost City Terror
- The Fatal Lariat
- Water Rising
- Bullet Avalanche
- Death Laughs Last
- Cold Steel
- Showdown
- The Trail to Torture
- Calling all Buckboards
- Golden Vengeance
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References
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