Mandrake the Magician (serial)
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| Directed by |
Norman Deming Sam Nelson |
| Produced by | Jack Fier |
| Written by |
Joseph F. Poland Basil Dickey Ned Dandy Screenplay, based on the comic strip by Phil Davis and Lee Falk |
| Starring |
Warren Hull Doris Weston Al Kikume Rex Downing |
| Music by |
Morris Stoloff musical director Sidney Cutner and Floyd Morgan additional music |
| Cinematography | Benjamin H. Kline |
| Edited by |
Richard Fantl Jerry Thoms |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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12 chapters (215 minutes) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Mandrake the Magician (1939) is the seventh serial released by Columbia Pictures. It was based upon the comic strip of the same name.
Mandrake and his assistant Lothar are working the cruise lines and make the acquaintance of Professor Houston who has developed a radium energy machine, which is much coveted by a masked Crime Lord known as "The Wasp". The Wasp unleashes his army of accomplices in waves to steal the invention by any means necessary. Mandrake and his allies finally catch up to "The Wasp" and discover the Crime Lord is actually a scientist who posed as a close friend of Houston's.
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