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Plot

Like Captain Midnight before him, Hop Harrigan came to the serial screens courtesy of Columbia Pictures; and, also like the captain, Harrigan had appeared in both radio and the pages of comic strips before becoming a screen star in the guise of fresh-faced William Bakewell. But there the similarity ended; whereas Captain Midnight had been a uniformed super-crusader, Hop was merely an ex-serviceman, just like so many of his fans. Along with pudgy Tank Tinker (Sumner Getchell) and pretty Gail Nolan (Jennifer Holt), Hop attempts to rescue an eccentric inventor, Dr. Tobor (John Merton), from a gang headed by the mysterious Chief Pilot. As it turns out, Dr. Tobor is not quite sane and plans to destroy the world with his newest invention, and only Hop and his friends stand in the way. It might have taken them 14 chapters to get there, but in the 15th and final chapter, grandly entitled "The Fate of the World," Hop and company get rid of the insane professor once and for all. Leading lady Jennifer Holt, one of the prettiest B-film ingénues of the 1940s, was the daughter of action star Jack Holt. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide

Cast

Ernie S. Adams - Retner; Terry Frost - Barry; Sumner Getchell - Tank Tinker; Robert "Buzzy" Henry - Jackie Nolan; Jennifer Holt - Gail Nolan; John Merton - Dr. Tobor; Jackie Moran - Fraser; Wheeler Oakman - Ballard; Bobby Stone - Gray; Emmett Vogan - Arnold; Anthony Warde - Edwards; Claire James - Gwen Arnold; Peter Michael - Craven; Jim Diehl - Carter

Credit

Derwin M. Abrahams - Director
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Hop Harrigan
Directed by Derwin Abrahams
Produced by Sam Katzman
Starring William Bakewell
Jennifer Holt
Robert 'Buzz' Henry
Sumner Getchell
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date(s) 1946
Country  United States
Language English

Hop Harrigan (1946) is a Columbia film serial, based on the Hop Harrigan comic books .

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Plot

Ex-serviceman and pilot Hop Harrigan, with his sidekicks Gail Nolan and Tank Tinker, attempt to rescue Dr. Tobor & thwart the mysterious villain The Chief Pilot.

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Cast

Production

Hop Harrigan was based on Jon Blummer's All-American Comics and associated radio series.[1]

Critical reception

Cline wrote that Hop Harrigan is "a fairly action-filled cliffhanger...[and the] action was well paced, making this chapterplay as convincing and successful as it was meant to be."[1]

Chapter titles

  1. A Mad Mission
  2. The Secret Ray
  3. The Mystery Plane
  4. Plunging Peril
  5. Betrayed by a Madman
  6. A Flaming Trap
  7. One Chance for Life
  8. White Fumes of Fate
  9. Dr. Tobor's Revenge
  10. Juggernaut of Fate
  11. Flying to Oblivion
  12. Lost in the Skies
  13. No Escape
  14. The Chute that Failed
  15. The Fate of the World

Source:[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Cline, William C.. "3. The Six Faces of Adventure". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc.. pp. pp. 31. ISBN 078640471X. 
  2. ^ Cline, William C.. "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc.. pp. pp. 243. ISBN 078640471X. 

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Preceded by
Who's Guilty? (1945)		 Columbia Serial
Hop Harrigan (1946)		 Succeeded by
Chick Carter, Detective (1946)

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