Secret Agent X-9 (1937 serial)
Secret Agent X-9 (1937) is a Universal film serial based on the comic strip Secret Agent X-9 by Dashiell Hammett and Alex Raymond.
| Secret Agent X-9 | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Ford Beebe Clifford Smith |
| Produced by | Ben Koenig Barney A. Sarecky Henry MacRae |
| Written by | Charles Flanders Wyndham Gittens Norman S. Hall Leslie Swabacker Ray Trampe Dashiell Hammett (comic strip) |
| Starring | Scott Kolk Jean Rogers David Oliver Monte Blue Henry Brandon |
| Music by | Clifford Vaughan |
| Cinematography | Richard Fryer Jerome Ash |
| Edited by | Saul A. Goodkind Leete Renick Brown Joseph Gluck Louis Sackin Alvin Todd |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 12 chapters (232 minutes) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Storyline
G-Men learn that "Brenda", notorious jewel thief, is heading for the US, to steal the Belgravian crown jewels currently on exhibit. The jewels are placed on a ship bound for Belgravia. However, the guard is murdered and the treasures are stolen. Agent Dexter, alias Agent X-9, trails Blackstone, one of the gang members, who hides the jewels in a safe deposit vault of a bank. He takes the bank receipt to an art shop, where Marker, a paid accomplice, conceals it between an oil painting and its frame. Dexter arrests Blackstone and pursues Marker with the full intention of unmasking of the mysterious "Brenda"...
Cast
- Scott Kolk as Agent Dexter (X-9)
- Jean Rogers as Shara Graustark
- Henry Brandon as Blackstone
- David Oliver as Pidge
- Monte Blue as Baron Michael Karsten
- Lon Chaney, Jr. as Maroni, primary henchman
- Ben Hewlett as Scarlett, primary henchman
- Larry J. Blake as Chief FBI Agent Wheeler
- Henry Hunter as FBI Agent Tommy Dawson (C-5)
- George Shelley as Packard, a henchman
- Lynn Gilbert as Rose, gun moll
- Robert Dalton as Thurston
- Leonard Lord as Ransom, dissident henchman
- Bob Kortman as "Trader" Delaney
- Eddy Waller as Lawyer Carp
- Si Jenks as "Jolly Roger," ticket barker
Production
Secret Agent X-9 was based on the comic strip by Dashiell Hammett (writer) and Alex Raymond (artist).
Stunts
- George Magrill
- Eddie Parker doubling Scott Kolk
- Tom Steele doubling Henry Brandon & Jack Cheatham
Chapter titles
- Modern Pirates
- The Ray That Blinds
- The Man of Many Faces
- The Listening Shadow
- False Fires
- The Dragnet
- Sealed Lips
- Exhibit A
- The Masquerader
- The Forced Lie
- The Enemy Camp
- Crime Does Not Pay
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References
- Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 217–218. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.