Great Alaskan Mystery: Chapter 1 (1944)
1944 · Short film · 18 min · dir. Lewis D. Collins
TERROR STALKS THE WILD YUKON TRAILS!
- Action
- Adventure
Synopsis
The obsessive scientist Dr. Miller is working on a matter-transmitter invention called the Paratron; a conspiratorial team of spies and no-goods pursue him to Alaska, trying to steal the device.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Lewis D. Collins
- Writer
- Maurice Tombragel
- Cinematography
- William A. Sickner
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
- Released
- 1944-04-25
- Running time
- 18 minutes
Cast & crew
Lewis D. Collins Director
Milburn Stone
Marjorie Weaver
Edgar Kennedy
Samuel S. Hinds
Martin Kosleck
Ralph Morgan
Joseph Crehan
Fuzzy Knight
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★ · Some Mysteries Are Better Left Unknown · bearpuf · 2006-07-09
Certainly the characters are pretty shallow in most serials. These folks pale in comparison to even comic book drawings. What is more painful is trudging through watching it. I have to admit I could barely get through the second chapter before realizing I'd had enough. Though I have always enjoyed Milburn Stone, the hero, (Doc in Gunsmoke TV series) and Edgar Kennedy (comedy routines), they could not surmount the tawdry effort to make one believe the poorly written plot. I was still put off. Smilin' Jack would frown at this effort.
