A mad scientist tries to sell his formula for a dist integrating gas to foreign powers.A mad scientist tries to sell his formula for a dist integrating gas to foreign powers.A mad scientist tries to sell his formula for a dist integrating gas to foreign powers.
Roy Barcroft
- Goebel
- (uncredited)
Richard Beach
- Seaman
- (uncredited)
Earle D. Bunn
- Kelp Plant Heavy 1
- (uncredited)
Yakima Canutt
- Seaman
- (uncredited)
Steve Carruthers
- Wireless Operator
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaBela Lugosi's illness prevented him from finishing the 1936 Republic feature The House of a Thousand Candles (1936), so he completed his one-picture Republic contract with this 12-chapter serial, his only screen role during the full two year-horror ban.
- GoofsAlmost 7 min into Chapter 6, Bela gives an order to one of his henchmen, but there is no sound when he moves his lips.
- Quotes
Lt. Terry Kent: You might as well surrender, Boroff. You can't get away from the Coast Guard.
- ConnectionsEdited into SOS Coast Guard (1942)
Featured review
Typically exciting Republic serial, with Ralph Byrd, who went on to a career as Dick Tracy, in stalwart form with an unlimited supply of dress uniforms: in every chapter he's either dirtied, soaked, or blown up, but he always comes back conforming to regulations. Lugosi is evil scientist with a gas that disintegrates almost everything. Some great (and some laughable) special effects from the Lydecker brothers, gaining experience that would make them tops in the field in coming years.
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- Budget
- $107,217 (estimated)
- Runtime3 hours 44 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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