King of the Mounties

Infobox Film
name = King of the Mounties


director = William Witney
producer = William J O'Sullivan
writer = Taylor Caven
Ronald Davidson
William Lively
Joseph O'Donnell
Joseph Poland
Stephen Slesinger & Romer Grey "(character)"
starring = Allan Lane
Gilbert Emery
Russell Hicks
Peggy Drake
George Irving
Abner Biberman
William Vaughn
Nestor Paiva
Bradley Page
cinematography = Bud Thackery
distributor = Republic Pictures
released = Flagicon|USA 17 October 1942cite book
last = Mathis
first = Jack
title = Valley of the Cliffhangers Supplement
origyear = 1995
publisher = Jack Mathis Advertising
isbn = 0-9632878-1-8
pages = pp. 3, 10, 64-65
chapter = ]
runtime = 12 chapters (196 minutes)
language =
budget = $136,320 (negative cost: $139,422)
awards =
preceded_by = "King of the Royal Mounted" (1940)
imdb_id = 0034944
amg_id = 1:138504

"King of the Mounties" (1942) is a Republic film serial.

Cast

* Allan Lane as Sgt Dave King
* Gilbert Emery as Commissioner Morrison
* Russell Hicks as Marshal Carleton
* Peggy Drake as Carol Brent
* George Irving as Prof Marshall Brent
* Abner Biberman as Admiral Yamata
* William Vaughn as Marshal Von Horst
* Nestor Paiva as Count Baroni
* Bradley Page as Charles Blake
* Anthony Warde as Stark
* Forrest Taylor as Telegrapher

Plot

Canada is being bombed mercilessly by a mysterious plane, which is shaped like a boomerang, and is dubbed "The Falcon". The plane is under the command of Japanese admiral Yamata. The identity of the plane remains a mystery until Professor Marshall Brent and his daughter Carol arrive with a new type of airplane detector. The axis forces are planning a Canadian invasion, and feeling that Professor Brent poses a threat to their plan, they kidnap him. RCMP Sergeant Tom King attempts a rescue, but the Professor is killed when the plane in which he is held captive crashes into a riverboat.

Carol, determined to carry on her fathers work, manages with Sergeant King's help to prevent the axis spies from capturing the device her father invented. When the spy ring makes a last desperate attempt to capture the device from the cabin in which she is hiding out, she destroys it rather than let it fall into enemy hands. She is kidnapped and taken to a volcano crater where the spy ring has its headquarters. It is up to Sergeant King to rescue her.

Production

"King of the Mounties" was budgeted at $136,320 although the final negative cost was $139,422 (a $3,102, or 2.3%, overspend). It was the cheapest Republic serial of 1942.

It was filmed between 23 June and 17 July 1942 under several working titles: "King of the Royal Mounted Rides Again", "King of the Royal Mounted Strikes Again", "King of the Royal Mounted Strikes Back" and "King of the Northwest Mounted Strikes Again". The serial's production number was 1195.

Republic liked calling their heroes "King" in order to use the title "King of..." The studio had found success with this naming scheme following the adaptation of Zane Gray's "King of the Royal Mounted". [cite book
last = Harmon
first = Jim
coauthors= Donald F. Glut
authorlink = Jim Harmon
title = The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury
origyear = 1973
publisher = Routledge
isbn = 9780713000979
pages = pp. 283
chapter = 11. New Masks for New Heroes "Get That Masked Trouble Maker" ] [cite book
last = Cline
first = William C.
title = In the Nick of Time
origyear = 1984
publisher = McFarland & Company, Inc.
isbn = 078640471X
pages = pp. 23
chapter = 2. In Search of Ammunition ]

Parts of this serial have been lost.

Release

Theatrical

"King of the Mounties"' official release date is 17 October 1942, although this is actually the date the sixth chapter was made available to film exchanges.

Chapter titles

# Phantom Invaders (24min 10s)
# Road to Death (15min 33s)
# Human Target (15min 42s)
# Railroad Saboteurs (15min 36s)
# Suicide Dive (15min 34s)
# Blazing Barrier (15min 33s)
# Perilous Plunge (15min 34s)
# Electrocuted (15min 40s)
# Reign of Terror (15min 32s)
# The Flying Coffin (15min 35s)
# Deliberate Murder (15min 32s)
# On to Victory (15min 32s)_Source: [cite book
last = Cline
first = William C.
title = In the Nick of Time
origyear = 1984
publisher = McFarland & Company, Inc.
isbn = 078640471X
pages = pp. 234
chapter = Filmography ]

ee also

* Northern (Genre)
* "King of the Royal Mounted" - earlier 1940 King serial starring Allan Lane
* List of film serials by year
* List of film serials by studio

References

External links

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* [http://www.serialsquadron.com/dvds/warspy/kingofthemounties/index.htm King of the Mounties at The Serial Squadron]

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title=Republic Serial
before=Perils of Nyoka (1942)
years=King of the Mounties (1942)
after=G-Men vs The Black Dragon (1943)