The Lost Special

The Lost Special (1932)

12 CHAPTERS OF TERRIFIC THRILLS and MYSTERY

A lady reporter and two college students search for the "Gold Special," a train that disappeared without a trace.

Date of release
1932-11-25
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (3)
Runtime
4h 0m
Genres
Action, Adventure
Director
Henry MacRae

Casting

Interesting facts

The Lost Special is a 1932 American Pre-Code Universal movie serial based on the 1898 short story "The Lost Special" by Arthur Conan Doyle. This adaptation deleted all references to Doyle's Sherlock Holmes character, and moved events to the American Old West.

Production

"Another BIG-AUTHOR serial from the same studios that gave you Peter B. Kyne's Heroes of the West and Talbot Mundy's Jungle Mystery"

"Terrifically fast, tremendously thrilling, and packed right with the sort of mystery that only the touch of a master writer can give!"

The Lost Special was Universal's 84th serial. In terms of Universal's serials in the sound era, it was the 16th. The series was written by veteran Universal serial writers Ella O'Neill, Basil Dickey, George Morgan, and George H. Plympton. The director was Henry MacRae. By the time he directed The Lost Special, MacRae had directed more than 100 short films and feature films.

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