Holt of the Secret Service

Infobox Film
name = Holt of the Secret Service

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director = James W. Horne
producer = Larry Darmour
writer = Basil Dickey
George Plympton
Wyndham Gittens
Original screenplay
narrator = Knox Manning
starring = Jack Holt
Evelyn Brent
John Ward
Joe McGuinn
Ted Adams
Montague Shaw
Tristram Coffin
music = Lee Zahler
cinematography = James S. Brown Jr.
Black and white
editing = Dwight Caldwell
Earl Turner
distributor = Columbia Pictures
released = November 21, 1941
runtime = 15 episodes
278 minutes
country = USA
language = English
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preceded_by = "The Iron Claw"
followed_by = "Captain Midnight"
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amg_id = 1:22836
imdb_id = 0034863

"Holt of the Secret Service" (1941) was the 16th serial released by Columbia Pictures.

Plot

A murderous gang of counterfeiters has kidnapped John Severn, the U.S. government's best engraver, who is being held against his will and is forced to print virtually undetectable phony cash. The Secret Service sends its toughest agent, Jack Holt, and his female partner Kay Drew after the gang. Holt and his boss Malloy decide to try to pass Holt off as escaped tough guy, Nick Farrel. Masquerading as Mr. and Mrs. Farrel, Holt and Drew manage to infiltrate the ruthless gang of thugs and the tough talk and action never stops from there. Holt's hunches lead him to the culprits and into trouble on a canoe ride and in an outlaw camp, as the action moves from the gang's hideout in a lost canyon to a gambling ship on the high seas to a small island country where the gang hopes to escape U.S. extradition. The "brains heavy" is a man named Lucky Arnold, but he hides behind the facade of one of his loyal "henchmen", Quist, to shield himself from the Secret Service, and lets another one of his men, Valden, do most of his dirty work. The island nation has its own pocket dictator, who is also trying to rub out our hero. During the 15 episodes, Holt endures numerous brushes with death, emerging from all of them with nary a hair out of place nor a crease in his well-tailored business suit.

Cast

Chapter titles

# Chaotic Creek
# Ramparts of Revenge
# Illicit Wealth
# Menaced by Fate
# Exits to Terror
# Deadly Doom
# Out of the Past
# Escape to Peril
# Sealed in Silence
# Named to Die
# Ominous Warnings
# The Stolen Signal
# Prison of Jeopardy
# Afire Afloat
# Yielded Hostage

Fact

* In this serial, Jack Holt strictly played himself with all the gimmicks he had used at silent and talkie movies still very much in evidence.

ee also

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

ources

* [http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:22836 AllMovie.com]
* [http://www.cinefania.com/movie.php/14923/ Cinefania.com]
* [http://www.emovieposter.com/imagearchive/starlook.php?book=serial&bookname=Serial+Movie+Posters eMoviePoster.com]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034863/ IMDb.com]

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title=Columbia Serial
before="The Iron Claw" (1941)
years="Holt of the Secret Service" (1941)
after="Captain Midnight" (1942)