Radar Patrol vs. Spy King

Radar Patrol vs. Spy King (1949)

ONE THRILL AFTER ANOTHER!

The war lords of a potential enemy of the US has the spy ring, led by John Baroda, the Spy King and his aide Nitra, sabotaging the plans for a vast defense system of radar stations along the American borders. Radar Defense Bureau operative Chris Calvert comes to the rescue of a brilliant radar scientist, Joan Hughes, who has been kidnapped by Baroda henchmen in chapter 1 ("The Fatal Fog"), and the two battle together before putting an end to the Spy King in the aptly-named chapter 12, "Day of Reckoning".

Date of release
1949-11-23
TMDB
7.5 / 10 (2)
Runtime
2h 47m
Genres
Action
Director
Fred C. Brannon

Casting

Interesting facts

Radar Patrol vs. Spy King is a 1949 12-chapter black-and-white spy film serial produced and distributed by Republic Pictures from an original, commissioned screenplay collaboratively written by Royal K. Cole, William Lively and Sol Shor. Kirk Alyn played the lead.

Production

Radar Patrol vs. Spy King was budgeted at $164,970 although the final negative cost was $164,632 (a $338, or 0.2%, under spend). It was filmed between 20 September and 12 October 1949. The serial's production number was 1706.

Tom Steele as Chris Calvert & Ricco Morgan (doubling Kirk Alyn & Anthony Warde)

Dale Van Sickel Chris Calvert, Ricco Morgan & Lt Manuel Agura (doubling Kirk Alyn, Anthony Warde and George J. Lewis)

David Sharpe as Lt Manuel Agura (doubling George J. Lewis)

The special effects were created by the Lydecker brothers.

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