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Tim Tyler's Luck
TimTyler'sLuck JunglePirates
Directed by Ford Beebe
Wyndham Gittens
Produced by Henry MacRae
Elmer Tambert (associate)
Written by Wyndham Gittens
Norman S. Hall
Ray Trampe
Lyman Young
Starring Frankie Thomas
Frances Robinson
Jack Mulhall
Al Shean
Norman Willis
Music by William Schiller
Clifford Vaughan
Cinematography Jerome Ash
Editing by Saul A. Goodkind (supervisor)
Joseph Gluck
Louis Sackin
Alvin Todd
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date(s) 27 December 1937
Running time 12 chapters (212 min)
Country US flag 49 stars.svg [[|]]
Language English

Tim Tyler's Luck (1937) is a Universal movie serial based on the comic strip Tim Tyler's Luck.

Plot[]

Tim Tyler stowsaway 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[]

  • Frankie Thomas as Tim Tyler
  • Frances Robinson as Lora Lacey, posing as Lora Graham
  • Jack Mulhall as Sargeant Gates
  • Al Shean as Professor James Tyler, Tim's father
  • Norman Willis as "Spider" Webb
  • Anthony Warde as Garry Drake
  • Earl Douglas as Jules Lazarre
  • William 'Billy' Benedict as Spud
  • Frank Mayo as Jim Conway
  • Alan Gregg as Brent, one of Spider's henchman
  • Stanley Blystone as Captain Clark
  • Everett Brown as Mogu, Spider's native henchman
  • Skippy as Ju Ju, the Chimp

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".[1]

Chapter titles[]

  1. Jungle Pirates
  2. Dead Man's Pass
  3. Into the Lion's Den
  4. The Ivory Trail
  5. Trapped in the Quicksands
  6. The Jaws of the Jungle
  7. The King of the Gorillas
  8. The Spider Caught
  9. The Gates of Doom
  10. A Race for Fortune
  11. No Man's Land
  12. The Kimberley Diamonds

Source:[2]

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.

See also[]

References[]

  1. Stedman, Raymond William. "4. Perilous Saturdays". Serials: Suspense and Drama By Installment. University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 119. ISBN 978-0-8061-0927-5. 
  2. Cline, William C.. "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc.. pp. 219. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X. 

External links[]

Preceded by
Radio Patrol (1937)
Universal Serial
Tim Tyler's Luck (1937)
Succeeded by
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938)
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