Secret Agent X-9 (1945 serial)

Secret Agent X-9
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
Edited by	Norman A. Cerf (supervisor) Irving Birnbaum Jack Dolan Alvin Todd Edgar Zane
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	July 24, 1945 (1945-07-24)
Running time	13 chapters (246 minutes)
Country	United States
Language	English

Secret Agent X-9 is a 1945 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

On a neutral island in the Pacific called Shadow Island (above the island of Formosa), run by American gangster Lucky Kamber, both sides in World War II attempt to control the secret of element 722, which can be used to create synthetic 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 Dashiell Hammett, 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] The serial reuses footage and Frank Skinner's score from Universal's Gung Ho!.

Stunts

Eddie Parker doubling Lloyd Bridges
John Daheim doubling Benson Fong

Chapter titles

Torpedo Rendezvous
Ringed by Fire (or "The Flaming Lake" per the on screen teaser card)
Death Curve
Floodlight Murder
Doom Downgrade
Strafed by a Zero
High Pressure Deadline
The Dropping Floor
The Danger Point
Japanese Burial
Fireworks for Deadmen
Big Gun Fusillade
Zero Minute

_Source:^[2]

References

↑ Cline, William C. (1984). "2. In Search of Ammunition". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 18. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
↑ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 241. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

External links

Secret Agent X-9 at the Internet Movie Database
Secret Agent X-9 at AllMovie

Universal serials

Serials

Silent Serials (1914-1929)	Lucille Love, Girl of Mystery The Master Key The Trey o' Hearts The Black Box The Broken Coin Graft Under the Crescent The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring Liberty The Mystery Ship The Red Ace The Gray Ghost The Voice on the Wire The Brass Bullet Bull's Eye The Lion's Claws Lure of the Circus The Red Glove The Great Radium Mystery The Lion Man The Midnight Man The Flaming Disc The Moon Riders King of the Circus The Vanishing Dagger The Dragon's Net The Diamond Queen Do or Die The Secret Four Terror Trail The White Horseman Winners of the West The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe In the Days of Buffalo Bill Perils of the Yukon The Radio King With Stanley in Africa Around the World in Eighteen Days Beasts of Paradise The Eagle's Talons The Ghost City In the Days of Daniel Boone The Oregon Trail The Phantom Fortune The Social Buccaneer The Steel Trail The Fast Express The Fighting Ranger The Iron Man The Riddle Rider Wolves of the North Ace of Spades The Great Circus Mystery The Scarlet Streak Fighting with Buffalo Bill Strings of Steel The Winking Idol Blake of Scotland Yard The Fire Fighters The Return of the Riddle Rider The Trail of the Tiger Whispering Smith Rides Haunted Island Tarzan the Mighty The Vanishing Rider The Diamond Master A Final Reckoning The Pirate of Panama

Part-sound Serials (1929-1930)	The Ace of Scotland Yard Tarzan the Tiger The Jade Box The Lightning Express Terry of the Times The Indians Are Coming

Pre-war Sound Serials (1931-1942)	Finger Prints Heroes of the Flames Danger Island Battling with Buffalo Bill The Spell of the Circus Detective Lloyd The Airmail Mystery Heroes of the West The Jungle Mystery The Lost Special Clancy of the Mounted The Phantom of the Air Gordon of Ghost City The Perils of Pauline Pirate Treasure The Vanishing Shadow The Red Rider Tailspin Tommy Rustlers of Red Dog The Call of the Savage The Roaring West Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery The Adventures of Frank Merriwell Flash Gordon The Phantom Rider Ace Drummond Jungle Jim Secret Agent X-9 Wild West Days Radio Patrol Tim Tyler's Luck Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars Flaming Frontiers Red Barry Scouts to the Rescue Buck Rogers The Oregon Trail The Phantom Creeps The Green Hornet Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe Winners of the West Junior G-Men The Green Hornet Strikes Again! Sky Raiders Riders of Death Valley Sea Raiders

War-time Serials (1942-1945)	Don Winslow of the Navy Gang Busters Junior G-Men of the Air Overland Mail The Adventures of Smilin' Jack Don Winslow of the Coast Guard Adventures of the Flying Cadets The Great Alaskan Mystery Raiders of Ghost City Mystery of the River Boat Jungle Queen The Master Key Secret Agent X-9

Post-war Serials (1945-1946)	The Royal Mounted Rides Again The Scarlet Horseman Lost City of the Jungle The Mysterious Mr. M

See also

Film serials List of film serials List of film serials by studio

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