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.
The Phantom: The Serial (1943)
4.9/10
Director: B Reeves Eason
Starring: Tom Tyler, Jeanne Bates
Tom Tyler stars as the purple-and-black hero of the African jungle, helping fiancee Jeanne Bates' archeologist father locate the Lost City of Zoloz an... Read more
Captain Midnight: The Serial (1942)
8/10
Director: James W Horne
Starring: Dave O'Brien, Dorothy Short
With a terror-stricken nation being blitzed by enemy bombers directed by the evil Ivan Shark, good guy Captain Albright becomes Captain Midnight and s... Read more
Sky Raiders (1941)
7.3/10
Director: Ray Taylor, Ford Beebe
Starring: Robert Armstrong, Donald Woods, Billy Halop
Dastardly spy Felix Lynx attacks our hero Robert Dayton through twelve thrilling chapters of high-flying action! Felix wants to steal Robert's amazing... 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
The Green Hornet (1940)
7.1/10
Director: Ray Taylor, Ford Beebe
Starring: Keye Luke, Wade Boteler, Gordon Jones, Anne Nagel
George W. Trendle's original masked crime fighter explodes onto the screen in this exciting 1940s serial presentation - gripping from one nail-biting... Read more
The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1940)
7.2/10
Director: John Rawlins, Ford Beebe
Starring: Keye Luke, Warren Hull, Wade Boteler, Anne Nagel
George W. Trendle's original masked crime fighter returns to the screen in this exciting follow-up to the 1940 serial presentation - gripping from one... Read more
Classic Superheroes (1940)
Starring: Larry 'Buster' Crabbe, Victor Jory
'The Green Archer' - Crackerjack detective Spike Holland investigates the disappearance of beautiful Elaine (Iris Meredith). His search leads him to G... 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
Terry and the Pirates (1940)
6.3/10
Director: James W Horne
Starring: Granville Owen, William Tracy, Shelia Darcy
Based on the 1934 comic strip by Milton Caniff, and transferred to the big screen in this thrill-a-minute, 15-episode serial. Young Terry Lee and his... Read more
The Green Archer (1940)
6.6/10
Director: James W Horne
Starring: Victor Jory, Iris Meredith, James Craven
Mystery that baffles! Thrills that chill! Suspense that terrifies! Trap doors, English castles, secret passages and mysterious appearances by protecto... Read more