Mystery of the River Boat | |
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Directed by |
Lewis D. Collins Ray Taylor |
Produced by | Henry MacRae |
Written by |
Ande Lamb Maurice Tombragel |
Starring |
Robert Lowery Eddie Quillan Marion Martin Marjorie Clements Lyle Talbot Arthur Hohl |
Music by | Paul Sawtell |
Cinematography | William A. Sickner |
Editing by |
Irving Birnbaum Jack Dolan Ace Herman Alvin Todd Edgar Zane |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date(s) | 24 October 1944 |
Running time | 13 chapters (218 min) |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Mystery of the River Boat (1944) is a Universal movie serial.
Cast[]
- Robert Lowery as Steve Langtry
- Eddie Quillan as Jug Jenks
- Marion Martin as Celeste Eltree, river boat singer
- Marjorie Clements as Jenny Perrin, Captain Perrin's daughter
- Lyle Talbot as Rudolph Toller, foreign agent
- Arthur Hohl as Clayton
- Oscar O'Shea as Captain Ethan Perrin, captain of the river boat The Morning Glory
- Francis McDonald as Batiste
- Mantan Moreland as Napoleon, ship steward
- Eddy Waller as Charles Langtry
- Ian Wolfe as Herman Einreich, villainous land speculator
- Byron Foulger as Dr. H. Hartman
- Earle Hodgins as Jean Duval
- Anthony Warde as Bruno Bloch
- Alec Craig as the Chief Engineer
Production[]
Stunts[]
- John Daheim doubling Robert Lowery
- Carey Loftin doubling Robert Lowery
- Eddie Parker doubling Dick Curtis
- Tom Steele doubling Arthur Hohl
Critical reception[]
Cline considers this to be an average serial but one with a good cast and all the necessary "ingredients" of a good serial.[1]
Chapter titles[]
- The Tragic Crash
- The Phantom Killer
- The Flaming Inferno
- The Brink of Doom
- The Highway of Peril
- The Fatal Plunge
- The Toll of the Storm
- The Break in the Levee
- Trapped in the Quicksands
- Flaming Havoc
- Electrocuted
- Risking Death
- The Boomerang
Source:[2]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ Cline, William C. (1984). "3. The Six Faces of Adventure". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc.. pp. 50. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
- ↑ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc.. pp. 238. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
External links[]
Preceded by Raiders of Ghost City (1944) |
Universal Serial Mystery of the River Boat (1944) |
Succeeded by Jungle Queen (1945) |
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