Jack Armstrong (serial)

Infobox Film
name = Jack Armstrong


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director = Wallace Fox
producer = Sam Katzman
Melville De Lay "(associate)"
writer = Lewis Clay
Royal K. Cole
Arthur Hoerl
George H. Plympton
Leslie Swabacker
narrator = Knox Manning
starring = John Hart
Rosemary LaPlanche
Claire James
Joe Brown Jr.
Pierre Watkin
Charles Middleton
music = Lee Zahler
cinematography = Ira H. Morgan
editing = Earl Turner
distributor = Columbia Pictures
released = Flagicon|USA 6 February 1947
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country = USA
language = English
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amg_id = 1:150684
imdb_id = 0039505

"Jack Armstrong" (1947) is a Columbia film serial.

Plot

Vic Hardy, a scientist working for Jim Fairfield's aviation company, is kidnapped by Jason Grood's gang after discovering radiation emitting from their secret island base. Grood intends to conquer the world and forces Hardy to assist him.

Fairfield, along with his neice and nephew and, most importantly, the hero of the title, attempt to rescue Hardy and stop Grood's plans. They are assisted by the native tribe living on the island, led by Princess Alura.

Cast

* John Hart as Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy
* Rosemary LaPlanche as Betty Fairfield, neice of Jim Fairfield
* Claire James as Princess Alura, leader of the native tribe on the island
* Joe Brown Jr. as Billy Fairfield, nephew of Jim Fairfield
* Pierre Watkin as Uncle Jim Fairfield, owner of the aviation company
* Wheeler Oakman as Professor Hobart Zorn, one of Jasopn Grood's henchmen
* Jack Ingram as Blair, Jason Grood's "Spear-point Heavy" (chief henchman)
* Eddie Parker as Slade, one of Jason Grood's henchmen
* Hugh Prosser as Vic Hardy, scientist kidnapped from the Fairfield aviation company
* Charles Middleton as Jason Grood, a mad scientist and the main villain despite Middleton not being billed in the credits

Production

Chapter titles

# Mystery of the Cosmic Ray
# The Far World
# Island of Deception
# Into the Chasm
# The Space Ship
# Tunnels of Treachery
# Cavern of Chance
# The Secret Room
# Human Targets
# Battle of the Warriors
# Cosmic Annihilator
# The Grotto of Greed
# Wheels of Fate
# Journey into Fate
# Retribution_Source: [cite book
last = Cline
first = William C.
title = In the Nick of Time
origyear = 1984
publisher = McFarland & Company, Inc.
isbn = 078640471X
pages = pp. 244-245
chapter = Filmography ]

ee also

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

References

External links

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* [http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/1041/Jack+Armstrong+Serial+VCI+ Review of the VCI DVD at FulvueDrive-in.com]

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title=Columbia Serial
before=Son of the Guardsman (1946)
years=Jack Armstrong (1947)
after=The Vigilante (1947)