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Cliff-Hanger Serials

A world unto their own, the great serial chapters of the 1930s, '40s and '50s brought adventure and intrigue to the cinema screens every week as young and old alike would check out the latest instalment to see if our hero would survive (naturally!) and if the bad guys would be stopped in their tracks (of course!). The best part was always the 'cliffhanger' where the filmmakers would come up with an ingenious hook to keep you coming back for more. Films like 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' and 'The Rocketeer' owe a debt to these thrill-a-minute extravaganzas, where saving the Earth from peril was all in a days work.

Batman and Robin: The Complete Movie Serial (1949)

6.2/10
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet
Starring: Robert Lowery, John Duncan, Jane Adams, Lyle Talbot

Join superheroes Batman (Robert Lowery) and Robin (John Duncan) as they help Commissioner Gordon (Lyle Talbot) battle The Wizard, a villainous madman... Read more

Radar Men from the Moon: Volume 1 (1952)

4.5/10
Director: Fred Brannon
Starring: George Wallace, Aline Towne, Roy Barcroft, William Blakewell, Clayton Moore

Chapters 1-6 (of 12). A string of mysterious bombings striking at our nation's defense systems precipitates the call for the invincible Commando Cody... Read more

Flash Gordon: Flash Gordon's Trip To Mars (1938)

6.5/10
Starring: Lane Chandler, Kenne Duncan, Charles Middleton, Larry 'Buster' Crabbe, Reed Howe...

Life on Earth is about to be destroyed! A mysterious beam of light - emanating from Mars - is sucking the nitrogen from the planet's atmosphere, and o... Read more

Les Vampires (1915)

6.9/10
Director: Louis Feuillade
Starring: Musidora , Edouard Mathe

Ten-part silent serial from French pioneer Louis Feuillade. Made at a time when France was in the grip of fear and suspicion due to WWI, this hugely p... Read more

Flash Gordon: Space Soldiers - Chapters 1-4 (1936)

6.5/10
Director: Ray Taylor, Ford Beebe
Starring: Larry 'Buster' Crabbe, Carol Hughes, Charles Middleton

Chapters 1-4. Buster Crabbe stars as Flash Gordon in this classic 1930s serial. Humanity is doomed to destruction! A distant planet has broken its orb... Read more

Flash Gordon Conquers The Universe - All 12 Chapters (1940)

Starring: Larry 'Buster' Crabbe, Carol Hughes, Anne Gwynne, Charles Middleton

Contains the original 12 episodes of the sci-fi action serial based on the Alex Raymond comic strip, starring Buster Crabbe as the heroic Flash trying... Read more

Radar Men from the Moon: Volume 2 (1952)

4.5/10
Director: Fred Brannon
Starring: George Wallace, Aline Towne, Roy Barcroft, William Blakewell, Clayton Moore

Chapters 7-12 (of 12). A string of mysterious bombings striking at our nation's defense systems precipitates the call for the invincible Commando Cody... Read more

Buck Rogers: The Serial (1939)

7.3/10
Starring: Larry 'Buster' Crabbe

A classic action packed sci-fi serial in 12 chapters. Emerging from a state of hibernation after 500 years, Buck Rogers (Buster Crabbe) and young Budd... Read more

Mandrake the Magician (1939)

7.1/10
Director: Norman Deming
Starring: Warren Hull, Al Kikume, Doris Weston, Forbes Murray

The comic's crimefighting prestidigitator came to the big screen in this thrill-laden serial with Warren Hull as the top-hatted, splendidly caparisone... Read more

The Adventures Of Captain Marvel (1941)

Director: John English, William Witney
Starring: Tom Tyler, Frank Coghlan Jr, William Benedict

Billy Batson is granted the power to become Captain Marvel, the world's mightiest mortal, in order to stop the sinister Scorpion from completing a wea... Read more