Tim Tyler's Luck (serial)
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| Directed by |
Ford Beebe Wyndham Gittens |
| Produced by |
Henry MacRae Elmer Tambert (associate) |
| Written by | Wyndham Gittens Norman S. Hall Ray Trampe Lyman Young |
| Starring |
Frankie Thomas Frances Robinson Jack Mulhall Al Shean Norman Willis |
| Music by |
William Schiller Clifford Vaughan |
| Cinematography | Jerome Ash |
| Edited by |
Saul A. Goodkind (supervisor) Joseph Gluck Louis Sackin Alvin Todd |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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12 chapters (212 minutes) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Tim Tyler's Luck (1937) is a Universal movie serial based on the comic strip Tim Tyler's Luck.
Tim Tyler stows away on a ship bound for Africa to find his father, Professor James Tyler. He meets, and is joined by, Lora Lacey, who is chasing the criminal "Spider" Webb, the man responsible for framing her brother.
Stedman considers this to be perhaps the best of Universal's "Jungle Thrillers." Tim Tyler's Luck has good direction and convincing performances. The serial has quiet moments balancing the action, which was rare for a serial. The characterization is more nuanced then "might have been expected in an action serial".
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All 12 chapters were released on a single DVD on February 28, 2006 with special features including a 2005 interview with Frankie Thomas, bios, the original theatrical trailer, and bonus classic cliffhanger trailers.
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