Tim Tylers Luck (serial)
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Director Ford BeebeWyndham Gittens Release date 27 December 1937 Screenplay Wyndham Gittens, Norman S. Hall, Ray Trampe Cast Similar movies Mysterious Doctor Satan , The Secret Code , Son of Zorro , Zorro's Black Whip , Hitman: Agent 47 , The Dark Knight Tagline THE GREAT ADVENTURE STRIP HERO COMES TO THE SCREEN! |
Tim Tyler's Luck (1937) is a Universal movie serial based on the comic strip Tim Tyler's Luck.
Contents

Plot

Tim Tyler stows away on a ship bound for Africa to find his father, Professor James Tyler. He meets, and is joined by, Lora Lacey, who is chasing the criminal "Spider" Webb, the man responsible for framing her brother.
Cast

Critical reception

Stedman considers this to be perhaps the best of Universal's "Jungle Thrillers." Tim Tyler's Luck has good direction and convincing performances. The serial has quiet moments balancing the action, which was rare for a serial. The characterization is more nuanced then "might have been expected in an action serial".
Chapter titles

- Jungle Pirates
- Dead Man's Pass
- Into the Lions' Den
- The Ivory Trail
- Trapped in the Quicksands
- The Jaws of the Jungle
- The King of the Gorillas
- The Spider Caught
- The Gates of Doom
- A Race for a Fortune
- No Man's Land
- The Kimberley Diamonds
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DVD release
All 12 chapters were released on a single DVD on February 28, 2006 with special features including a 2005 interview with Frankie Thomas, bios, the original theatrical trailer, and bonus classic cliffhanger trailers.
References
Tim Tyler's Luck (serial) WikipediaTim Tylers Luck (serial) IMDb Tim Tylers Luck (serial) themoviedb.org