G-Men Never Forget
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| Directed by |
Fred C. Brannon Yakima Canutt |
| Produced by | M. J. Frankovich |
| Written by |
Franklin Adreon Basil Dickey Jesse Duffy Sol Shor |
| Starring |
Clayton Moore Roy Barcroft Ramsay Ames Drew Allen Tom Steele Dale Van Sickel Edmund Cobb Stanley Price Jack O'Shea |
| Cinematography | John MacBurnie |
| Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
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12 chapters / 167 minutes (serial) 100 minutes (TV) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $151,061 (negative cost: $151,554) |
G-Men Never Forget is a 1948 Republic movie serial. The serial was condensed into a feature film in 1966 and re-released under the title Code 645.
Escaped criminal Victor Murkland kidnaps the police commissioner and, with the aid of plastic surgery, takes his place. Federal Agent O'Hara is called in to try to stop the wave of crime initiated by Murkland not knowing that he is pretending to be the police commissioner and is aware of O'Haras' every move...
G-Men Never Forget was budgeted at $151,061 although the final negative cost was $151,554 (a $493, or 0.3%, overspend). It was the most expensive Republic serial of 1948.
It was filmed between July 16 and August 7, 1947. The serial's production number was 1698.
The special effects were created by the Lydecker brothers.
G-Men Never Forget's official release date is January 31, 1948, although this is actually the date the sixth chapter was made available to film exchanges.
G-Men Never Forget was one of twenty-six Republic serials re-released as a film on television in 1966. The title of the film was changed to Code 645. This version was cut down to 100-minutes in length.
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