Radio Patrol (serial) explained

Radio Patrol
Director:	Ford Beebe Clifford Smith
Producer:	Ben Koenig Barney A. Sarecky
Starring:	Grant Withers Adrian Morris Kay Hughes
Cinematography:	Jerome Ash
Editing:	Saul A. Goodkind (supervising) Joseph Gluck Louis Sackin Alvin Todd
Distributor:	Universal Pictures
Runtime:	12 chapters (242 minutes)
Country:	United States
Language:	English

Radio Patrol is a 1937 Universal movie serial based on the comic strip Radio Patrol.

Premise

Pat O' Hara, a police officer cop, joins forces with Molly Selkirk to try and stop an international criminal gang from getting their hands on the formula for a new flexible metal.

Cast

Grant Withers as Officer Pat O'Hara
Adrian Morris as Officer Sam Maloney
Kay Hughes as Molly Selkirk
Mickey Rentschler as Pinky Adams
Silver Wolf as Irish, the German Shepherd
Gordon Hart as W.H. Harrison
Frank Lackteen as Mr. Tahata/Warner the Great
C. Montague Shaw as Mr. Wellington
Harry Davenport as John P. Adams, inventor
Wheeler Oakman as Stevens, gang chemist
Max Hoffman Jr. as Harry Selkirk
Jack Mulhall as Desk Sergeant
Earl Dwire as Jeremiah Crockett
Leonard Lord as Franklin, the real Tahata
Dick Botiller as Zutta, a henchman
Tom London as Eddie Lewis (uncredited)
Ray Teal as Perkins (uncredited)

Production

Radio Patrol was based on the comic strip by Eddie Sullivan and Charles Schmidt.^[1]

Stunts

George Magrill
Eddie Parker (doubling Grant Withers)
Tom Steele

Chapter titles

A Million Dollar Murder
The Hypnotic Eye
Flaming Death
The Human Clue
The Flash of Doom
The House of Terror
Claws of Steel
The Perfect Crime
Plaything of Disaster
A Bargain with Death
The Hidden Menace
They Get Their Man

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Notes and References

Book: Cline , William C. . In the Nick of Time . registration . 1984 . McFarland & Company, Inc. . 0-7864-0471-X . 18 . 2. In Search of Ammunition .
Book: Cline , William C. . In the Nick of Time . registration . 1984 . McFarland & Company, Inc. . 0-7864-0471-X . 219 . Filmography .