Scouts to the Rescue
| Scouts to the Rescue | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Alan James Ray Taylor |
| Written by | Irving Crump Wyndham Gittens George H. Plympton Basil Dickey Joseph F. Poland |
| Produced by | Henry MacRae |
| Starring | Jackie Cooper David Durand Bill Cody, Jr. Vondell Darr William Ruhl |
| Cinematography | William A. Sickner |
| Edited by | Saul A. Goodkind Irving Birnbaum Joseph Gluck Louis Sackin Alvin Todd |
| Music by | Charles Previn |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 12 chapters (231 minutes) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Scouts to the Rescue is a 1939 Universal film serial directed by Alan James and Ray Taylor. It starred Jackie Cooper and Bill Cody Jr.
Premise
[edit]A troop of Boy Scouts use a treasure map to find a stash of counterfeit notes and a lost tribe with a secret Radium deposit.
Cast
[edit]- Jackie Cooper as Bruce Scott, leader of the Scout Troop
- David Durand as Rip Rawson
- Bill Cody, Jr. as Skeets Scanlon
- Vondell Darr as Mary Scanlon
- William Ruhl as Hal Marvin, a G-Man on the trail of the counterfeiters
- Sidney Miller as Hermie, a Boy Scout
- Ivan Miller as Turk Mortensen
- Edwin Stanley as Pat Scanlon
- Ralph Dunn as Pug O'Toole, a gangster
- George Regas as Lukolu, high priest of the lost tribe
- Jack Mulhall as Scoutmaster Hale
- Jason Robards, Sr. as Doc, a gangster
- Dick Botiller as Leeka, Leader of Warriors
- Victor Adams as Hurst, a heavy
- Max Wagner as Joe, a henchman
Chapter titles
[edit]- Death Rides the Air
- Avalanche of Doom
- Trapped by the Indians
- River of Doom
- Descending Doom
- Ghost Town Menace
- Destroyed by Dynamite
- Thundering Hoofs [sic]
- The Fire God Strikes
- The Battle at Ghost Town
- Hurtling Through Space
- The Boy Scouts' Triumph
Source:[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 223. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
External links
[edit]Categories:
- 1939 films
- 1939 adventure films
- American black-and-white films
- American children's films
- 1930s English-language films
- Universal Pictures film serials
- Films directed by Alan James
- Films directed by Ray Taylor
- Films about the Boy Scouts of America
- American adventure films
- Films with screenplays by George H. Plympton
- Films with screenplays by Joseph F. Poland
- 1930s American films
- English-language adventure films