THE MASKED MARVEL (1943) William Forrest, Louise Currie & Johnny Arthur | B&W | Old Hollywood

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The Masked Marvel (1943) is a 12-chapter film serial created by Republic Pictures, who produced many other well known serials. It was Republic's thirty-first serial, of the sixty-six they produced.

Synopsis

In The Masked Marvel, a hero dressed in a business suit and a face mask fights the Japanese saboteur Sakima and his espionage organization. The hook of the story is that, in a reversal of the common serial "Masked Mystery Villain" stock character, the audience doesn't know who the hero is until the final reel—all the audience is told is that The Masked Marvel is one of a group of special investigators (the same plotline is used in the Republic serial The Lone Ranger).

Cast & Crew

William Forrest as Martin Crane
Louise Currie as Alice Hamilton
Johnny Arthur as Mura Sakima, Japanese saboteur
Rod Bacon as Jim Arnold
Richard Clarke as Frank Jeffers
Anthony Warde as 'Killer' Mace
David Bacon as Bob Barton/The Masked Marvel
Bill Healy as Terry Morton
Howard C. Hickman as Warren Hamilton

Directed by: Spencer Gordon Bennet
Written by: Royal K. Cole
Ronald Davidson
Basil Dickey
Grant Nelson
George H. Plympton
Joseph F. Poland
Produced by: William J. O'Sullivan
Cinematography: Reggie Lanning
Distributed by: Republic Pictures
Release date:
November 6, 1943
Country: United States
Language: English
Budget:$157,110 (negative cost: $179,960)