The Green Hornet (serial)

Infobox Film
name = The Green Hornet


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director = Ford Beebe
Ray Taylor
producer = Henry MacRae
writer = George H. Plympton
Basil Dickey
Morrison Wood
Lyonel Margolies
Fran Striker "(characters)"
narrator =
starring = Gordon Jones
Wade Boteler
Anne Nagel
Keye Luke
Phillip Trent
Cy Kendall
music =
cinematography = Jerome Ash
William A. Sickner
editing = Irving Birnbaum
Joseph Gluck
Alvin Todd
distributor = Universal Pictures
released = Flagicon|USA 9 January 1940
runtime = 258 min
country = USA
language = English
budget =
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followed_by = The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
website =
amg_id = 1:20882
imdb_id = 0031394

"The Green Hornet" (1940) is a Universal movie serial based on the "The Green Hornet" radio series by George W. Trendle.

Plot

The Green Hornet, secretly newspaper publisher Britt Reid, and his Korean valet Kato stop and expose several seemingly separate crimes. This leads them into continued conflict with The Leader, the criminal mastermind behind The Syndicate and the individual crimes.

Cast

*Gordon Jones as Britt Reid otherwise known as The Green Hornet
*Al Hodge as the (uncredited) voice of the Green Hornet. Hodge played the Hornet on the original radio series.
*Wade Boteler as Michael Axford, Reid's bodyguard
*Anne Nagel as Lenore "Casey" Case, Reid's secretary
*Keye Luke as Kato, who is Korean in this serial rather than the original Japanese nationality of the character. The radio version merely dropped the specific country of origin and eventually changed it to Filipino.
*Phillip Trent as Jasper Jenks, a reporter
*Cy Kendall as Curtis Monroe, The Leader's chief henchman
*Stanley Andrews as Police Commissioner
*Selmer Jackson as District Attorney
*Joseph Crehan as Judge Stanton

tunts

The only listed stuntman for this serial is Dave Sharpe.

Other versions

In 1990, GoodTimes Home Video released a feature film version, re-edited from the last six chapters, under the same title.

Influence

The 1960s "Batman" television series was created based on the popularity of a re-release of Columbia's "Batman" serial. The success of both led to the production of a Green Hornet series, which was played as a straight action mystery series, "in the tradition of its former presentations," rather than the camp Batman series. It was not accepted by audiences and lasted only one season. As a result, further serial revivals were not believed to be viable at that time.cite book
last = Cline
first = William C.
title = In the Nick of Time
origyear = 1984
publisher = McFarland & Company, Inc.
isbn = 078640471X
pages = pp. 14-15
chapter = 2. In Search of Ammunition ]

Chapter titles

# The Tunnel of Terror
# The Thundering Terror
# Flying Coffins
# Pillar of Flame
# The Time Bomb
# Highways of Peril
# Bridge of Disaster
# Dead or alive
# The Hornet Trapped
# Bullets and Ballots
# Disaster Rides the Rails
# Panic in the Zoo
# Doom of the Underworld_Source: [cite book
last = Cline
first = William C.
title = In the Nick of Time
origyear = 1984
publisher = McFarland & Company, Inc.
isbn = 078640471X
pages = pp. 225-226
chapter = Filmography ]

References

ee also

* List of film serials by year
* List of film serials by studio

External links

*imdb title|0031394|The Green Hornet (1940)
*imdb title|0209004|The Green Hornet|(1990 feature compilation)
*amg title|1:20882|The Green Hornet

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title=Universal Serial
before=The Phantom Creeps (1939)
years=The Green Hornet (1940)
after=Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)