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The Fighting Devil Dogs: Republic Serial [Region 2] video
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The Fighting Devil Dogs (1938) 12 Chapter Movie Serial - starring Lee Powell (Tom Grayson) and Herman Brix (Lieut. Colby) - Actor later called Bruce Bennett
Directed by William Witney and John English -- Republic Studio.
Sound is slightly out of Sync with the picture.
In Singapore, two US Marine Lieutenants, Tom Grayson (Lee Powell) and Frank Corby (Herman Brix), discover the threat of a new villain called The Lightning, a masked villain who uses a powerful lightning based weapon in his bid for world conquest. Unfortunately, the battle becomes personal when The Lightning annihilates the officers' unit, and later kills Lt. Grayson's father as he was helping the investigation of the weapon. Now, those young marines have dedicated themselves to stopping The Lightning and bringing him to justice.
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NOTE 1 The serial is famous for its main villain, The Lightning—the very first costumed super villain. George Lucas has stated that his inspiration for the character Darth Vader was The Lightening.
NOTE 2 William C. Cline's wrote [in his book, "A Cheer for the Champions - Chapter 5 The Heroes and Heroines"] that The Fighting Devil Dogs is one of the best mystery serials ever released, with a "colorful" mystery villain, "stirring" musical score and "magnificent" editing. He also notes that it is "apparently one of the least costly" serials ever released, with two recap chapters and stock footage taken from newsreels and earlier serial releases. He states that it should be included in "any list of the ten best sound serials of all."
NOTE 3 There's a bit of eeriness about Lee Powell's starring role as a Marine in The Fighting Devil Dogs, as he would be wearing a real Marine Corps uniform during World War II and fighting his way through various Pacific island jungles. Lee enlisted in the Marines on August 17, 1942 in Los Angeles, and reported to the Marine base at San Diego, California as a recruit. After boot camp, he was assigned to the 2d Battalion, 18th Marines (Engineers), 2d Marine Division at Camp Elliott, California. Powell saw action at Tarawa (in 1943) and Saipan (in 1944). On July 30, 1944, Sgt. Lee Powell died on Tinian (Marianas Islands) after he lived through some of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific War.
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Directed by William Witney and John English -- Republic Studio.
Sound is slightly out of Sync with the picture.
In Singapore, two US Marine Lieutenants, Tom Grayson (Lee Powell) and Frank Corby (Herman Brix), discover the threat of a new villain called The Lightning, a masked villain who uses a powerful lightning based weapon in his bid for world conquest. Unfortunately, the battle becomes personal when The Lightning annihilates the officers' unit, and later kills Lt. Grayson's father as he was helping the investigation of the weapon. Now, those young marines have dedicated themselves to stopping The Lightning and bringing him to justice.
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NOTE 1 The serial is famous for its main villain, The Lightning—the very first costumed super villain. George Lucas has stated that his inspiration for the character Darth Vader was The Lightening.
NOTE 2 William C. Cline's wrote [in his book, "A Cheer for the Champions - Chapter 5 The Heroes and Heroines"] that The Fighting Devil Dogs is one of the best mystery serials ever released, with a "colorful" mystery villain, "stirring" musical score and "magnificent" editing. He also notes that it is "apparently one of the least costly" serials ever released, with two recap chapters and stock footage taken from newsreels and earlier serial releases. He states that it should be included in "any list of the ten best sound serials of all."
NOTE 3 There's a bit of eeriness about Lee Powell's starring role as a Marine in The Fighting Devil Dogs, as he would be wearing a real Marine Corps uniform during World War II and fighting his way through various Pacific island jungles. Lee enlisted in the Marines on August 17, 1942 in Los Angeles, and reported to the Marine base at San Diego, California as a recruit. After boot camp, he was assigned to the 2d Battalion, 18th Marines (Engineers), 2d Marine Division at Camp Elliott, California. Powell saw action at Tarawa (in 1943) and Saipan (in 1944). On July 30, 1944, Sgt. Lee Powell died on Tinian (Marianas Islands) after he lived through some of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific War.
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For a free download of over 60+ Movie Serials and 200+ B-Movie Westerns, go to
sites.google.com/site/moviesfreedownload/