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Music director  Paul Sawtell
Language  English
6.3/10 IMDb

Genre  Action, Adventure
Duration  
Country  United States
Secret Agent X 9 (1945 serial) movie poster

Director  Lewis D. Collins Ray Taylor
Writer  Joseph ODonnell, Harold Channing Wire, Patricia Harper, Dashiell Hammett
Release date  July 24, 1945 (1945-07-24)
Directors  Ray Taylor, Lewis D. Collins
Screenplay  Joseph ODonnell, Patricia Harper
Cast  Lloyd Bridges (Phil Corrigan (Secret Agent X-9)), Keye Luke (Ah Fong), Jan Wiley (Lynn Moore), Victoria Horne (Nabura), Samuel S. Hinds (Solo), Cy Kendall (Lucky Kamber)
Similar movies  The Green Archer, Hitman: Agent 47, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight Rises, Mysterious Doctor Satan, The Spider's Web

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

Secret Agent X-9 (1945 serial) Secret Agent X9 1945 serial Wikipedia

Plot

Secret Agent X-9 (1945 serial) TJ MOORES MOVIE MADNESS Serial Saturday SECRET AGENT X9 1945

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

  • Lloyd Bridges as Phil Corrigan aka Secret Agent X-9
  • Keye Luke as Ah Fong, Chinese agent
  • Jan Wiley as Lynn Moore, Australian agent
  • Victoria Horne as Nabura, villainous Japanese agent
  • Samuel S. Hinds as Solo
  • Cy Kendall as Lucky Kamber, self-proclaimed governor of the neutral Shadow Island
  • Jack Overman as Marker
  • George Lynn as Bach, one of Nabura's henchmen
  • Clarence Lung as Takahari, one of Nabura's henchmen
  • Benson Fong as Dr. Hakahima
  • Arno Frey as Kapitan Grut, Nazi captain
  • Ferdinand Munier as Papa Pierre Dupray
  • Ann Codee as "Mama Pierre" Dupray
  • Edward Howard as Drag Dorgan

    • Production

    Secret Agent X-9 was 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 almost made more serial adaptations of comic strips than both of their rivals, Columbia and Republic, combined). The serial reuses footage and Frank Skinner's score from Universal's Gung Ho!.

    Stunts

  • Eddie Parker doubling Lloyd Bridges
  • John Daheim doubling Benson Fong

    • 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

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    References

    Secret Agent X-9 (1945 serial) Wikipedia
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    Secret Agent X-9 (1945 serial) IMDbSecret Agent X-9 (1945 serial) themoviedb.org