Red Barry (serial)

1938 American film
  • 1938 (1938)
Running time
13 chapters (256 minutes)CountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Red Barry is a 1938 13-chapter Universal movie serial based on the comic strip Red Barry by Will Gould.[1]

Plot

An undercover police detective sets out to discover who stole $2 million in bonds.

Cast

  • Buster Crabbe as Red Barry. This was one of the few serial roles for Buster Crabbe in normal clothing.[1]
  • Edna Sedgewick as Natacha
  • Frances Robinson as Mississippi
  • Cyril Delevanti as Wing Fu
  • Frank Lackteen as Quong Lee
  • Wade Boteler as Inspector Scott
  • Hugh Huntley as Harry Dycer, aka Valentine Vane
  • Philip Ahn as Hong Kong Cholly
  • William Ruhl as C.E. Mannix
  • William Gould as Commissioner
  • Wheeler Oakman as Weaver
  • Stanley Price as Petrov
  • Earl Douglas as Igor
  • Charles Stevens as Captain Moy
  • Eric Wilton as Tubbs, Vane's Butler

Chapter titles

Source:[2]

  1. Millions for Defense
  2. The Curtain Falls
  3. The Decoy
  4. High Stakes
  5. Desperate Chances
  6. The Human Target
  7. Midnight Tragedy
  8. The Devil's Disguise
  9. Between Two Fires
  10. The False Trail
  11. Heavy Odds
  12. The Enemy Within
  13. Mission of Mercy

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b Cline, "2. In Search of Ammunition," p. 18.
  2. ^ Cline, "Filmography," p. 222

Sources consulted

  • Cline, William C. (1984). In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
  • Mayer, Geoff. Encyclopaedia of American Film Serials (McFarland, 2017)
  • Red Barry at IMDb
  • Red Barry at AllMovie
Preceded by
Flaming Frontiers (1938)
Universal Serial
Red Barry (1938)
Succeeded by
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Silent Serials
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Part-sound Serials
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(1942-1945)
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