Mystery of the River Boat

Mystery of the River Boat is a 1944 Universal movie serial directed by Lewis D. Collins and Ray Taylor. It co-starred Lyle Talbot, Robert Lowery and Mantan Moreland.

Mystery of the River Boat
Directed byLewis D. Collins
Ray Taylor
Written byAnde Lamb
Maurice Tombragel
Produced byHenry MacRae
StarringRobert Lowery
Eddie Quillan
Marion Martin
Marjorie Clements
Lyle Talbot
Arthur Hohl
CinematographyWilliam A. Sickner
Edited byIrving Birnbaum
Jack Dolan
Ace Herman
Alvin Todd
Edgar Zane
Music byPaul Sawtell
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • October 24, 1944 (1944-10-24)
Running time
13 chapters (218 minutes)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Deposits of "Nitrolene", a high-energy fuel, have been discovered in swampland near Duval's Landing in the bayous of Louisiana by Dr. Hartman, who signs an agreement with developer Herman Einreich. After getting the map locating the deposits, Einreich has Hartman killed by his henchman Cassard and departs for Duval's Landing on the riverboat Morning Glory. The riverboat's captain, Ethan Perrin, is one of the three landowners involved, and attorney Steve Langtry, the son of one of the other two landowners, is investigating Einreich's offer for his father's land, but foreign agent Rudolph Toller and his underlings Bruno Bloch and Louis Schaber are also on the Morning Glory trying to get Einreich's map, aided by one of the riverboat's entertainers, singer Celeste Eltree. "Mystery Man" Clayton and his Cajun associate Batiste are also clearly up to no good, but helping Langtry are Captain Perrin's daughter Jenny, the riverboat's steward Napoleon and entertainer Jug Jenks.

Cast

Production

Stunts

Critical reception

Cline considers this to be an average serial but one with a good cast and all the necessary "ingredients" of a good serial.[1]

Chapter titles
  1. The Tragic Crash
  2. The Phantom Killer
  3. The Flaming Inferno
  4. The Brink of Doom
  5. The Highway of Peril
  6. The Fatal Plunge
  7. The Toll of the Storm
  8. The Break in the Levee
  9. Trapped in the Quicksands
  10. Flaming Havoc
  11. Electrocuted
  12. Risking Death
  13. The Boomerang

Source:[2]

See also

References
  1. Cline, William C. (1984). "3. The Six Faces of Adventure". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 50. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
  2. Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 238. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.


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