Hop Harrigan (serial)

Hop Harrigan
Directed by	Derwin Abrahams
Produced by	Sam Katzman
Starring	William Bakewell Jennifer Holt Robert 'Buzz' Henry Sumner Getchell
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	1946
Country	United States
Language	English

Hop Harrigan (1946) is a Columbia film serial, based on the Hop Harrigan comic books by DC Comics.

Hop Harrigan (Bakewell) and his pal "Tank" Tinker (Getchell) operate a small airport and flying service where they are hired by J. Westly Arnold (Vogan) to fly scientist, Dr. Tabor (Merton), to his secret laboratory where he has a revolutionary new power unit. But an unknown character known as The Chief Pilot (Oakman) is interested in the invention and uses a destructive ray to cripple Hop's airplane and kidnap Tabor. Hop and "Tank", aided by Gail Nolan (Jennifer Holt) and her younger brother, Jackie (Robert 'Buzz' Henry), finally overcome the criminals only find a bigger threat to them all within their group...

Hop Harrigan was based on Jon Blummer's All-American Comics and associated radio series.

Cline wrote that Hop Harrigan is "a fairly action-filled cliffhanger...[and the] action was well paced, making this chapterplay as convincing and successful as it was meant to be."

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