Mandrake the Magician

Jan 1, 1940

3h 35m

★ 5.0

BLACK MAGIC Conjures Up A Holocaust Of Thrills!

Overview

Feature version of the American serial film, produced for export only, never exhibited in the USA, and believed to be a lost film.

Genres

Action

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Mandrake the Magician

Warren Hull

Betty Houston

Doris Weston

Lothar, Mandrake's Assistant

Al Kikume

Tommy Houston

Rex Downing

Dr. Andre Bennett

Edward Earle

Professor Houston

Forbes Murray

James Webster

Kenneth MacDonald

Frank Raymond

Don Beddoe

Dorgan - Thug (Chs. 6-8)

Dick Curtis

Dirk, lead thug

John Tyrrell

Green, thug [Chs. 1, 2, 4]

Stanley Brown

Rest Home Nurse [Chs. 3,10]

Beatrice Curtis

As a reporter, Dick Farrington is sent to cover an assignment that promises a big story. A lawyer has advertised for an ex-Marine who is a boxer. He makes good beating up a gang of roughnecks picked for the purpose, and secures the mysterious job that is filled with danger. It is to guard the heiress Lady Chatfield, but the hero is told nothing as to the secret in back of it all. Dick poses as Lord Grantmore, wears a monocle, and otherwise acts like a titled Englishman. They proceed to the mining town of Goldbrook, where the heiress is to occupy a mysterious mansion on the occupancy of which hinges a great fortune. The engineer of the mines is deeply interested in thwarting the plans of Lady Chatfield, and with his gang of roughneck miners makes things lively for the pugilist star in a series of fights that are hair raisers.

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