Spy Smasher (Serial)



Title: Spy Smasher Seasons: 1 Production Company: Republic Pictures Corporation Created by: Bill Parker and C.C. Beck Status: Cancelled

Summary

 * In 1942, Republic Pictures created a series of Spy Smasher serial episodes that were previewed in movie houses from week to week before the start of the feature films. Twelve episodes were created, each one running approximately eighteen minutes in length, the first of which was released on April 4th of 1942. The series was directed by William Witney with writing credits attributed to Ronald Davidson and Norman S. Hall. Actor Kane Richmond played the part of Spy Smasher, and his alter ego Alan Armstrong. Margueritte Chapman played the role of Eve Corby, Alan's fiancée who usually found herself the target victim of the hero's arch-nemesis, the Mask (played by Hans Schumm). Spy Smasher and Eve Corby's adventures typically revolved around confounding the Mask's villainous efforts in France, during the height of Nazi occupation. Ironically, the comic book version of the Mask had already been killed prior to the release of the first episode of the Spy Smasher serial. The series was re-released in 1966 as a single movie entitled Spy Smasher Returns, however it had been edited down to a running time of one-hundred minutes. In 1995 Republic Pictures Corporation released a two-tape VHS video tape collection of the series. As of 2006, there are no plans to release the series on DVD.

Principal Cast

 * Kane Richmond as Spy Smasher / Alan Armstrong
 * Marguerite Chapman as Eve Corby
 * Hans Schumm as the Mask
 * Sam Flint as Admiral Corby

Episodes

 * America Beware
 * Human Target
 * Iron Coffin
 * Stratosphere Invaders
 * Descending Doom
 * The Invisible Witness
 * Secret Weapon
 * Sea Raiders
 * Highway Racketeers
 * 2700 Degrees Fahrenheit
 * Hero's Death
 * V...

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