Republic Serials Superheroes Volume 4 (1940-1949) Action, Adventure, Crime, Western (6 x DVD)
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Collection of Three Complete Republic Movie Serial Cliffhangers
Drums of Fu Manchu (1940)
15 Chapters
Directed by: John English, William Witney.
Starring: Henry Brandon, William Royle, Robert Kellard.
Fu Manchu attempts to conquer the world by acquiring the sceptre of Genghis Khan, which will unite the people of Asia under his rule. Allan Parker allies himself with the traditional British literary nemeses of Fu Manchu, Sir Denis Nayland Smith and his associate, Dr. Flinders Petrie after his father is kidnapped and killed by Fu Manchu's dacoits.
Zorro's Black Whip (1944)
12 Chapters
Directed by: Spencer Gordon Bennet.
Starring: George J. Lewis, Linda Stirling, Lucien Littlefie.
In Zorro's Black Whip the word Zorro never occurs, but a female who behaves like Don Diego in Idaho fights a cabal of corrupt politicians as "The Black Whip" after her brother (the original Black Whip) is killed.
King of the Rocket Men (1949)
12 Chapters
Directed by: Fred C. Brannon.
Starring: Tristram Coffin, Mae Clarke, Don Haggerty.
King of the Rocket Men is a 1949 12-chapter black-and-white Republic movie serial, produced by Franklin Adreon, directed Fred C. Brannon, that stars Tristram Coffin, Mae Clarke, Don Haggerty, House Peters, Jr., James Craven, and I. Stanford Jolley.
This serial is notable for starring the only serial character who is actually called "Rocket Man", a misnomer fannishly applied to other Republic rocket-powered-suited heroes in serials that followed: Radar Men from the Moon (1952), Zombies of the Stratosphere (1952), and Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe (1953).
Contained in: Standard Sized 6-Way DVD Case.
Format: Either PAL or NTSC (depending on world location), Region 0 (Multi-Region/Worldwide).