Product Details

• Actors: Clayton Moore, Roy Barcroft, Ramsay Ames, Gil Frye, Tom Steele
• Directors: Fred C. Brannon, Yakima Canutt
• Writers: Basil Dickey, Franklin Adreon, Jesse Duffy, Sol Shor
• Producers: M.J. Frankovich
• Format: Black & White, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 2
• Studio: Republic Pictures
• VHS Release Date: May 30, 1995
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302249821
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #23,816 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A showcase for Roy Barcroft, June 3, 2000

By	Paul M. Dellinger (Wytheville, VA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Clayton Moore was one of the busiest serial actors around, before his TV fame as the Lone Ranger (he and Buster Crabbe could legitimately compete for the serial hero king title). He does a good job here as an FBI agent, but veteran villain Roy Barcroft steals the storyline in a dual role, as a police commissioner and as the criminal who impersonates him after plastic surgery. B-westerns have been only half-jokingly described as a series of pictures in which different heroes beat up or shoot Barcroft; this serial shows what a good actor he was.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The villian steals the show..., March 7, 2000

By	Mark Savary "moon_city" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This is an interesting, although not quite remarkable serial. Clayton Moore plays a government agent out to help recapture a nefarious criminal using modern scientific methods.

The head crook steals the show, having himself altered by plastic surgery to look like his foe, the Police Commissioner. Swearing revenge against the man who had him sent to prison, he has himself doctored, then kidnaps the real cop. He assumes the role of Police Commissioner to facillitate his crimes, and implicate the Commissioner.

The famous flooding tunnel sequence was taken directly from the classic "Daredevils of the Red Circle", made several years earlier. To me, recycling the sequence made this serial seem less creative and inspired.

In turn, the method of tracking the crooks' car to their hideout by adding a substance to the radiator was used in a later serial, "Government Agents vs. the Phantom Legion".

Probably the most remarkable moment is the cliffhanger in Chapter 10. In the scene, a crook goes to the hero's apartment to commit the murder of a man waiting there to give info to the hero. The menacing crook turns on the radio, kills the man, and then lays in wait, gun at the ready, for the hero to arrive.

This sequence was an amazing change of pace and totally unexpected, both in its inclusion and in its quality. It was pure film noir, absolutely suspenseful and mesmerizing. It made up for a multitude of sins.

Otherwise, this is a workable crime serial, starring Clayton Moore of Lone Ranger fame.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of Republic's better postwar serials, December 8, 1999

By	Scott MacGillivray (Massachusetts, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

In this action-packed serial, Clayton Moore and Ramsay Ames doggedly refuse to let the evil Roy Barcroft stand in the government's way. If you like Moore as The Lone Ranger, you'll enjoy seeing him in a "civilian" role as an athletic leading man, and the striking Ramsay Ames gamely joins in the action. Lots of stunts, fistfights, etc., and an excellent editing job: spectacular footage from older serials and features is cleverly worked in to give viewers their money's worth. Fun for serial and action fans.