Junior G-Men (1940)
1940 · Short film · 35 min · dir. Ford Beebe
12 Chapters of Super-Thrills!
- Adventure
- Crime
- Action
Synopsis
A gang of urban street kids and a club of suburban would-be federal agents, at first rivals, join forces to rescue the father of one of the kids, the inventor of a super-explosive and its remote detonator, from the clutches of a band of foreign subversives call the "Flaming Torch Gang". A 12-episode movie serial with the chapters: •1. Enemies Within •2. The Blast of Doom •3. Human Dynamite •4. Blazing Danger •5. Trapped By Traitors •6. Traitors' Treachery •7. Flaming Death •8. Hurled Through…
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Ford Beebe
- Writer
- Basil Dickey
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
- Released
- 1940-11-01
- Running time
- 35 minutes
Cast & crew
Ford Beebe Director
Billy Halop
Huntz Hall
Gabriel Dell
Bernard Punsly- Ken Lundy
Kenneth Howell
Roger Daniel
Phillip Terry
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · Junior G Men · terracesider · 2006-06-30
I found the first couple of episodes quite hard work but then, after the characters had been established, it suddenly became fun to watch, despite the regular audio sync problems. Overall, I think it is well worth viewing, if only as a period piece.
