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Secret Agent X-9
Agentx9movie
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Lewis D. Collins
Ray Taylor
Produced by Morgan Cox
Written by Joseph O'Donnell
Harold Channing Wire
Patricia Harper
Dashiell Hammett (comic strip)
Starring Lloyd Bridges
Keye Luke
Jan Wiley
Victoria Horne
Samuel S. Hinds
Cy Kendall
Music by Milton Rosen
Paul Sawtell
Cinematography Maury Gertsman
Ernest Miller
Editing by Norman A. Cerf (supervisor)
Irving Birnbaum
Jack Dolan
Alvin Todd
Edgar Zane
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date(s) July 24, 1945 (1945-07-24)
Running time 13 chapters (246 min)
Country United States
Language English

Secret Agent X-9 (1945) is a 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.

Plot[]

Both sides in World War II attempt to control the secret of element 722, which can be used to create cheap 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 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).[1]

Stunts[]

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

Chapter titles[]

  1. Torpedo Rendezvous
  2. Ringed by Fire
  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 a Deadman
  12. Big Gun Fusillade
  13. Zero Minute

Source:[2]

References[]

  1. Cline, William C.. "2. In Search of Ammunition". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc.. pp. 18. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X. 
  2. Cline, William C.. "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc.. pp. 241. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X. 

External links[]

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