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G-Men vs. The Black Dragon (1943) is a Republic Pictures movie serial. It is noteworthy among adventure serials as containing an unusually high number of fistfights, all staged by director William Witney and a team of stuntmen.
This was Witney's last production before leaving to serve in World War II, he actually shipped out before filming was complete. It also sees Witney's wife, Maxine Doyle, returning to acting for the first time since they met on the set of an earlier serial, S O S Coast Guard (1937).
Rod Cameron's characterization of federal agent Rex Bennett was so successful that Republic hurriedly made changes to Cameron's next serial, already in production. It became an unofficial sequel, Secret Service in Darkest Africa, with Cameron's character renamed Rex Bennett, and the feminine lead Joan Marsh becoming a British character, as in G-Men vs. the Black Dragon.
In 1966 the serial was edited into a feature titled Black Dragon of Manzanar. It played on television as part of Republic's "Century 66" package of 100-minute serial adaptations.
Original Release
01/16/1943
US Release
01/16/1943
Cast
Name | Character |
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Rod Cameron | Agent Rex Bennett / Rex Bennett |
Roland Got | Agent Chang Sing / Chang Sing |
Constance Worth | Agent Vivian Marsh / Vivian Marsh |
Nino Pipitone | Oyama Haruchi |
Noel Cravat | Ranga |
George J. Lewis | Lugo |
Maxine Doyle | Marie [Ch. 8] |
Donald Kirke | Muller - Pier 17 Thug [Ch.1] |
Ivan Miller | Pier 17 Customs Inspector [Ch.1] |
Walter Fenner | Williams - Financial Agent [Ch.1] |
Directors
Spencer Gordon Bennet, William Witney
Writers
Ronald Davidson, William Lively, Joseph O'Donnell, Joseph F. Poland
Cast
Name | Character |
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Rod Cameron | Agent Rex Bennett / Rex Bennett |
Roland Got | Agent Chang Sing / Chang Sing |
Constance Worth | Agent Vivian Marsh / Vivian Marsh |
Nino Pipitone | Oyama Haruchi |
Noel Cravat | Ranga |
George J. Lewis | Lugo |
Maxine Doyle | Marie [Ch. 8] |
Donald Kirke | Muller - Pier 17 Thug [Ch.1] |
Ivan Miller | Pier 17 Customs Inspector [Ch.1] |
Walter Fenner | Williams - Financial Agent [Ch.1] |
C. Montague Shaw | Prof. Nicholson [Ch. 3-4] |
Harry Burns | Tony Mills [Ch. 4, 12-13] |
Forbes Murray | James Kennedy [Ch. 12] |
Hooper Atchley | Harrison J. Caldwell [Ch. 5] |
Robert Homans | Capt. Gorman [Ch. 12-13] |
Allen Jung | Fuji - Escaped Japanese Spy [Ch.2] |
Mary Bayless | Nurse-Receptionist |
Sam Bernard | Karl |
Virginia Carroll | Room Nurse |
Edmund Cobb | Stewart |
Producers
Name | Role |
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William J. O'Sullivan | Producer |