Red Barry

1938
Approved
4 Std. 16 Min.

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Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuA famous detective sets out to discover who stole $2 million in bonds.A famous detective sets out to discover who stole $2 million in bonds.A famous detective sets out to discover who stole $2 million in bonds.

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6,7/10

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Buster Crabbe

Red Barry
(as Larry 'Buster' Crabbe)

Frances Robinson

Mississippi

Edna Sedgewick

Natacha

Cyril Delevanti

Wing Fu
(as Syril Delevanti)

Frank Lackteen

Quong Lee

Wade Boteler

Inspector Scott

Hugh Huntley

Valentine Vane

Philip Ahn

Hong Kong Cholly

William Ruhl

C.E. Mannix

William Gould

Commissioner Tom

Wheeler Oakman

Weaver

Stanley Price

Petrov

Earl Douglas

Igor
(as Earle Douglas)

Charles Stevens

Captain Moy

Eric Wilton

Tubbs- Vane's Butler

Rita Gould

Mama Sonia

James Blaine

Sinclair - Plane Manufacturer
(Nicht genannt)

Lynton Brent

Freighter's Purser
(Nicht genannt)

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Wissenswertes
Based on the comic strip of the same title by Will Gould which was distributed by King Features Syndicate from 1934 to 1939. It was brought out to compete with the "Dick Tracy" strip by Chester Gould (no relation).

Patzer
All scenes at the Vaudeville Theater show the same audience, stock footage obviously from a much earlier film.

Zitate
[referring to way the police commissioner botched Red's investigation]
Red Barry: Well, he certainly settled that in a hurry.
Insp. Scott: Settled it? He scrambled it!

Crazy Credits
Opening credits are depicted in cartoon panels.

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4/10

Bonds, Bonds, Who's Got The BONDS!

You would think Universal/Filmcraft with their top Serial Star Larry 'Buster' Crabbe would be a worth while watch, wrong. Based on the RED BARRY comic strip by William Gould I would expect a strong plot and two-fisted action, that does not occur in this Serial.

Two/2 Million Dollar$ from China too buy War-Planes is the MacGuffin. Four/4 parties compete for it and like a game of musical chairs it rotates between the four/4. Not much of a plot device and this Serial is almost as boring as HOLT OF THE SECRET SERVICE (1941) Columbia Pictures. Except 'Buster' Crabbe is far more engaging then Jack Holt and Evelyn Brent. Fortunately it runs only 13 Chapters rather then the 15 of H.O.T.S.S.

For those with a Historical bent, China's motivation for the War-Planes is too help repulse a invader. Though they are not mentioned it is obviously Imperial Japan. The second Sino-Japanese War having started in 1937 and in Chapter one/1 background news-reel footage clearly shows who the aggressor was. It is worth one/1 watch, but solely if you are a Serial fan.