Mysterious Doctor Satan

Dec 13, 1940

4h 27m

★ 5.0

CRAZED WITH THE LUST TO KILL! A power-mad maniac unleashes a lightning attack on an unsuspecting nation...And finds the Copperhaed thirsting for revenge!

Overview

A mad scientist named Dr. Satan plots to steal key pieces of technology to enable him to build an army of robots based on his prototype to conquer America. The only one standing in his way is Bob Wayne, who fights Satan as the enigmatic Copperhead. Mysterious Doctor Satan is a 1940 film serial named after its chief villain. Doctor Satan's main opponent is the masked mystery man, "The Copperhead", whose secret identity is Bob Wayne, a man searching for justice and revenge on Satan for the death of his step-father. The serial charts the conflict between the two as Bob Wayne pursues Doctor Satan, while the latter completes his plans for world domination.

Genres

Action

Adventure

Crime

Science Fiction

Production Companies

Republic Pictures

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Cast

Doctor Satan

Eduardo Ciannelli

Bob Wayne / Copperhead

Robert Wilcox

Speed Martin

William Newell

Prof. Thomas Scott

C. Montague Shaw

Lois Scott

Ella Neal

Alice Brent

Dorothy Herbert

Gov. Bronson

Charles Trowbridge

Police Chief Rand

Jack Mulhall

Col. Bevans

Edwin Stanley

Stoner

Walter McGrail

Gort

Joe McGuinn

Hallett

Bud Geary

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