Cinematography:
Jerome AshCast:
Buster Crabbe, Frances Robinson, Cyril Delevanti, Wade Boteler, Philip Ahn, William Gould, Wheeler Oakman, Stanley Price, Earl Douglas, Dick Purcell (more)Plots(1)
Based on the comic strip by Will Gould, the serial followed the adventures of tough guy police detective "Red" Barry (Crabbe) in his quest to recover valuable stolen savings bonds. Crabbe has to deal with a gang of Russian crooks (headed by Edna Sedgewick and including Stanley Price), a group of Chinese agents (headed by Cyril Delevanti) and a bunch of American/Chinese racketeers (headed by Frank Lackteen, Wheeler Oakman and a young Tom Steele), as well as an hostile police commissioner (William Gould; no relation to the strip's creator) and a bumbling British sleuth named Valentine Vane (Hugh Huntley). Despite all the conflicting gangs, Crabbe manages to come out on top with the help of female reporter Mississippi (Frances Robinson) and Police Inspector "Scotty" Scott (Wade Boteler). Crabbe was ideal as Barry, an unshakable and unconventional cop who didn t let protocol or due process mess up his investigations, and who was in constant conflict with the windbag police commissioner (William Gould). (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Ralph Dunn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/217/160217090_340678.jpg)
Ralph Dunn
USA
Best movies:
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Scarlet Street (1945)
The Talk of the Town (1942)
![Heinie Conklin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/346/160346043_fdc1fe.gif)
Heinie Conklin
USA
Best movies:
Modern Times (1936)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Circus (1928)
![John Harmon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/399/160399308_db4335.jpg)
John Harmon
USA
Best movies:
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Conflict (1945)
Union Pacific (1939)
![Monte Montague](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/405/160405886_cb9a9e.jpg)
Monte Montague
USA
Best movies:
The Invisible Man (1933)
Show Boat (1936)
Virginia City (1940)
![Eric Wilton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/514/160514460_9b8db9.jpg)
Eric Wilton
UK
Best movies:
Limelight (1952)
Gaslight (1944)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Lee Tung Foo
USA
Best movies:
The Stratton Story (1949)
Laura (1944)
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
![Broderick O'Farrell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/885/160885652_ba0c76.jpg)
Broderick O'Farrell
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Eddie Lee
USA
Best movies:
China Seas (1935)
The Clay Pigeon (1949)
China (1943)
![Nelson McDowell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/703/160703177_6012c1.jpg)
Nelson McDowell
USA
Best movies:
The Plainsman (1936)
The Texas Rangers (1936)
The Lost World (1925)
![Charles Stevens](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/603/161603601_6693ef.jpg)
Charles Stevens
USA
Best movies:
The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
Kernan Cripps
USA
Best movies:
Double Indemnity (1944)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Bud Geary
USA
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
Citizen Kane (1941)
The Talk of the Town (1942)
Guy Usher
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Francis Sayles
USA
Best movies:
Citizen Kane (1941)
Ball of Fire (1941)
Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
Frank Lackteen
Lebanon
Best movies:
The Sea Hawk (1940)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Walter Merrill
USA
Best movies:
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
The Rainmaker (1956)
Adam's Rib (1949)
Tom Steele
UK
Best movies:
Citizen Kane (1941)
Spartacus (1960)
Captain Blood (1935)
James Blaine
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Boys Town (1938)
Charles McMurphy
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Claire Whitney
USA
Best movies:
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
When Tomorrow Comes (1939)
Saboteur (1942)