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This serial on DVD, is not only as sharp as a Kinzu knife, but the contrast is perfect!
The plot line is good, but let's face it-we're after the Republic fight scenes and this one is chock full of them!
This serial was produced during the period of the top Republic stunt men, who choreographed all their fights.
Allan Lane stars, who later became Red Ryder: after Bill Elliott hung up his shootin' irons!
One defect on my copy, was the BIO feature that wouldn't play.
By clicking the MENU twice, I received results! Go figure.
If you like the genre, you'll want this one!
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| Stunning Restoration of Terrific Serial! | |
VCI has done a phenomenal job in restoring this l940 classic Republic serial and bringing it to today's movie buffs. The razor-sharp images and the stunning camerawork are rendered anew to be savored by all movie buffs--not just those addicts--like myself--of those old-time Saturday afternoon chapter plays. William Witney and John English move this non-stop actioner at jet-set speed. Beautiful location photography and amazing action sequences will even have those not usually fans of Bijou fare cheering for more. This is a definite must for the library of all movie serial fans--and even those who want to see how a l940 movie really looked before being sliced, diced and butchered for television. Artisan is bringing out these much demanded favorites from the past. Let us all praise Artisan for their efforts and hope that more of those classic thrillers will soon be on their way--especially Republic's fabulous "G-Men Vs. the Black Dragon," "Spy Smasher" and "Daredevils of the Red Circle."
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I spoke with my grandfather who loved this radio series as a child. I thought he might be the best capable to give this review, I have heard him talk about it so many times. I called him and asked him to tell me about it again... he said: "I couldn't have been more than 7 or 8 years old... My friend Robert and I used to run home from working (no child labor laws then.. ha!) or school lessons to listen to the adventures of Jack... Robert's parents were the only one with a radio to pick up the program. We used to love these programs. I know he wasn't the Lone Ranger, or anything.. everyone was into cowboys then...but Jack was different...and he was pretty good. You know, (laughing) Jack used to get into something every week. The problem is that every time Jack would be captured... or into the mix.. the radio would go out.. Robert would run to fix the antenna... but then they would have the advertisements for next week.. *sigh*. Cliffhangers. But we loved it then.. I think that made it even better. It would probably be a little silly now.. but, you know, I would really like to know what happened to old Jack"
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