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Chick Carter, Detective is a 1946 Columbia film serial. Columbia could not afford the rights to produce a Nick Carter serial so they made Chick Carter, Detective about his son instead. This was based on the radio series Chick Carter, Boy Detective. A Nick Carter series was being made by MGM.
In a "rather strange precedent" for a serial, the title character is rarely involved in the cliffhangers. For example, the first cliffhanger revolves around the reporter Rusty rather than Carter. The film starred Lyle Talbot as Chick Carter, Douglas Fowley as Rusty Farrell, Julie Gibson as Sherry Marvin, Pamela Blake as Ellen Dale, Eddie Acuff as Spud Warner, and Robert Elliott as Dan Rankin.
Original Release
07/11/1946
US Release
07/11/1946
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lyle Talbot | Chick Carter |
Douglas Fowley | Rusty Farrell |
Julie Gibson | Sherry Marvin |
Pamela Blake | Ellen Dale |
Eddie Acuff | Spud Warner |
Robert Elliott | Dan Rankin |
George Meeker | Nick Pollo |
Leonard Penn | Vasky |
Charles King | Joe Carney |
Jack Ingram | Mack |
Directors
Writers
George H. Plympton, Harry L. Fraser
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lyle Talbot | Chick Carter |
Douglas Fowley | Rusty Farrell |
Julie Gibson | Sherry Marvin |
Pamela Blake | Ellen Dale |
Eddie Acuff | Spud Warner |
Robert Elliott | Dan Rankin |
George Meeker | Nick Pollo |
Leonard Penn | Vasky |
Charles King | Joe Carney |
Jack Ingram | Mack |
Joel Friedkin | Jules Hoyt |
Eddie Parker | Frank Sharp |
Ernie Adams | Man at Lake |
Stanley Blystone | Policeman |
Frankie Darro | Creeper |
Jim Diehl | Police Detective |
Frank Ellis | Policeman |
Knox Manning | Narrator |
Kermit Maynard | Police Detective Williams |
Zon Murray | Garbage Man |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Melville De Lay | Producer |
Sam Katzman | Producer |