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7 January 1939 (USA) moreTagline:
12 SPINE-SHIVERING ACTION THUNDERBOLTS! Sinister scientists...foreign spies...federal agents...and a pretty girl...crashing through amazing adventures! morePlot:
A military intelligence officer and a pretty reporter try to find a scientist whose inventions can destroy the world. full summary | full synopsisUser Comments:
He Set Fire to the Hindenberg! moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)Bela Lugosi | ... | Dr. Alex Zorka | |
Robert Kent | ... | Capt. Bob West | |
Dorothy Arnold | ... | Jean Drew | |
Edwin Stanley | ... | Dr. Fred Mallory | |
Regis Toomey | ... | Lt. Jim Daley | |
Jack C. Smith | ... | Monk | |
Edward Van Sloan | ... | Jarvis (spy chief) | |
Dora Clement | ... | Ann Zorka [Chs. 1-2] (as Dora Clemant) | |
Anthony Averill | ... | Rankin (henchman) | |
Hugh Huntley | ... | Perkins (Mallory's lab assistant) | |
Monte Vandergrift | ... | Henchman | |
Frank Mayo | ... | AMI chief [Ch. 12] | |
Jim Farley | ... | Harbornaster [Ch. 7] (as James Farley) | |
Eddie Acuff | ... | Mac (AMI agent) | |
Reed Howes | ... | Airplane mechanic [Ch. 9, 12] |
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265 min (12 episodes) | USA:78 min (edited feature film version)Country:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #5324-5335)Fun Stuff
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When Dr. Zorka drops the bomb on the dirigible, the stock footage is of the actual news footage of the explosion and crash of the Hindenburg. moreGoofs:
Continuity: Anthony Averill and his two co-henchmen wear heavy mustaches that appear and disappear from one chapter to another, and even from one scene to another in the same chapter, #7, for example. moreQuotes:
[after surviving a car crash, Zorka notices the hitch hiker they picked up, who looks like him, is dead.]Dr. Alex Zorka: How fortunate, this will simplify everything!
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This serial is really fun. I love the emoting of Bela Lugosi. He wants to rule the universe and, doggone it, nothing is going to stop him. There are many pitfalls along the way. One is the usual incompetent sidekick who can't follow orders worth a darn. Another is his inability to keep a low profile. He is always making putting himself out there where someone is able to spoil his efforts. There are spies and government agents. His valuable meteor is stolen a couple of times but he quickly gets it back. There is one touching scene where he causes the death of his wife, but he quickly blames the government for her death. As with all serials, there are a series of cliffhanging endings to scenes and he always seems to come out unscathed. I have to admit I was actually pulling for him. The government agents are too boring to come out on top. You can't tell the spies from the government agents without a program. There is also this cool robot who suffers from the same infirmity of slow movement that seems to affect mummies in that other genre. It was interesting to see that it was Lugosi's character that caused the Hindenberg to burst into flame. He throws a little explosive dart at it from a plane. Who would have thought. Anyway, it's a lot of fun, it makes little sense, and at the end we feel a little cheated.