Secret agent x9 hey kids comics wiki fandom powered. Classic diving books military operations, and navy. Serial report chapter 55secret agent x9, lloyd bridges. Secret agent x 9 is the alone exemple of a roman noir adaptated to cartoon. Wikiproject film rated stubclass this article is within the scope of wikiproject film. Collins and ray taylor featuring lloyd bridges, keye luke, jan wiley country. Secret agent x9 1945 serial article 3969 by dave sindelar directed by lewis d. Secret agent x9 is a 1945 universal movie serial based on the comic strip secret agent x9. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of the best movies ever made only at tcm. Lloyd bridges as phil corrigan aka secret agent x9.
Secret agent x 9, a song by modest mouse on spotify. Secret agent x91945part 1 on a neutral island in the pacific called shadow island run by american gangster lucky kamber, both sides in world war ii attempt to control the secret of element 722. Lloyd bridges stars as secret agent x 9, in this series that is based on a comic strip. Watch the video for secret agent x 9 from modest mouses sad sappy sucker for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Undercover government agents were also becoming a popular form of fiction right then. You may submit artist and movie related corrections to the rovi data. A japanese submarine is standing by to take a surgically altered spy to america. Secret agent x9 is out to stop their nefarious plans. This is the second version of secret agent x9, released by universal in 1945 and not directly connected to the same serial from 1937. Nov 02, 20 secret agent x9 makes no use of the actual plants or factories seen in mascot and early republic serials, but universals wellfurnished backlots, with their busy city streets and rustic farmsteads, manage to convey almost as vivid a latedepression atmosphere as such location work would have. Once king had decided to put out a strip of this sort, they sought a big name to write it. International agents join forces to stop the nazis from acquiring the formula for synthetic fuel. Theres no real secret to this agent, everyone on shadow island calls him x 9, and knows he is an agent for the united states. Based on the 30s comicstrip character, secret agent x9 was a blackandwhite adventure serial from universal.
Chinese agent ah fong keye luke becomes x9s partner. Dick tracy, dan dunn, secret agent x 9 big little books blb. Comic strip artist best known for flash gordon, secret agent corrigan and star wars al williamson, who has died aged 79, was. Max allan collins gives an informed, interestholding commentary that can be played along with the first chapter and parts of the second. Gmen learn that brenda, notorious jewel thief, is heading for the us, to steal the belgravian crown jewels currently on exhibit. He joins up with chinese agent ah fong and australian agent lynn moore to defeat the bad guy, japanese agent nabura victoria horne. Contentsshow plot both sides in world war ii attempt to control the secret of. Accompanying him is shara graustark jean rogers, who has her own reasons and agenda.
This one, released in 1945 starred lloyd bridges in the lead role. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests. Syndicated newspaper strip king features, january 22nd 1934. Secret agent x9 1945 serial jump to navigation jump to search. Duchak cartoons, charts, and bomber stream attacks of germany. A followup of sorts to the 1937 movie of the same name, this time out secret agent x9 is played by lloyd bridges.
It was the second serial with this name, the first was released by. This was the last comic strip inspired serial released by universal and the second secret agent x9 film based on the same comic strip by dashiell hammett and. Collins e ray taylor, em capitulos, estrelado por lloyd bridges, keye luke e victoria horne. Dealing with his life from growing up in the bronx to his last days making and refining eyes wide shut, life in pictures has interviews with cast members, production crew, writers, composers, etc. Secret agent x 9 created by dashiell hammett and alex raymond. Secret agent x9 1945 is a universal movie serial based on the comic strip secret agent x9 created by dashiell hammett. Secret agent x9 is a chapter serial from universal, released in 1937, based on the newspaper comic strip created by dashiell hammett and alex raymond, often mentioned in connection with this serial, but credited in the film to charles flanders. Theres a great scene later on in the serial maybe around chapter 11 or so the villains are trying to make a fake secret agent x9 so they find three dock rats who might fit the bill who will agree to plastic surgery its two guys and lloyd bridges with a moustache gee i wonder which one they will choose. American, chinese and australian agents join forces to stop the. Madame lei intends to use phil in order to prove that she is worthy of heading the american spy network. D espite being a collaboration between possibly the greatest private eye writer of all time, and one of the alltime great comic strip artists, the actionadventure strip secret agent x 9 was always something of a disappointment.
One of his top assignments is to recover the crown jewels of belgravia and to capture master thief blackstone. Preserving the past 50 years of research about aviation by. Secret agent x9 was the subject of two film serials in 1937 and in 1945. Secret agent x 9 was based on the comic strip secret agent x 9 by dashiell hammett, leslie charteris and others. This was the last comic strip inspired serial released by universal and the second secret agent x9 film based on the same comic strip by dashiell hammett and alex raymond. January 30 restricted release of kolberg, an historical epic which is one of the last nazi germany propaganda pieces, in wartorn berlin. Overview of secret agent x9, 1945, directed by ray taylor, with lloyd bridges, jan wiley, keye luke, at turner classic movies.
Luckys men are playing some tricky games with submariners. Lynn moore jan wiley an australian agent with an american accent learns of the plan and informs her superiors. Collins, ray taylor with lloyd bridges, keye luke, jan wiley, victoria horne, year. Agent x 9 was the first pop culture super spy, appearing in a newspaper strip the character was cocreated by the creator of sam spade, and for that matter the modern hard boiled detective story.
And b movie vet edmund cobb has a small role as the bartender. Take a dive on the downgrade, x9 slips away into further adventure. This particular title was unavailable until recently. Unspecified agency briefly identified as the fbi, before becoming unspecified again later enemies. This edit will also create new pages on comic vine for. Wartime spy serial during wwii, an american secret agent stumbles upon a japanese plot about which he knows only the number 722. Set on an island off the coast of china, secret agent x9 is sent to circumvent a devious plot which involves a japanese agent coming to america to obtain the secret formula for creating aviation fuel. View photos from secret agent x9 serial 1945, red carpet photos, and more at movies. Oct 23, 2014 provided to youtube by the orchard enterprises secret agent x9 modest mouse sad sappy sucker. Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits.
What is known for sure is that slesingers hero was also named corporal king tho he was promoted to sergeant early on, and that king of the royal mounted debuted from king features syndicate on sunday, february 17, 1935 the day after men of the mounted ended. Secret agent x9 1945 is a universal movie serial based on the. By march 1945, at least 102 copies of monthly summary of activities were being printed, bound in booklet form and delivered to appointed units, above. Take a dive on the downgrade, x 9 slips away into further adventure.
Kennedy was carried out, but why it was doneand why it still matters today. A personal view of life in the royal navy by the author but includes quite a lot of information about diving, especially in the hms vernon chapter and also includes two nice prints of divers. Both sides in world war ii attempt to control the secret of element 722, which can be used to create cheap aviation fuel. Secret agent x9 1945 american, chinese, and australian agents join forces to stop the nazis from obtaining the secret of element 722. Secret agent is a 1936 british film directed by alfred hitchcock, adapted from the play by campbell dixon, which in turn is loosely based on two stories in ashenden. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see lists of open tasks and regional and topical. Shadow island is neutral, and the japanese agents are also known.
On a neutral island in the pacific called shadow island run by american gangster lucky kamber, both sides in world war ii attempt to control the secret of element 722. Secret agent x9 1945 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Our agreements with the content provider dont allow purchases of this title at this time. Secret agent k7 returns was a series of fifteen minute spy stories. This 1945 version stars a young lloyd bridges as the american hero phil corrigan. The film print that was used for the dvd is extremely sharp. She temporarily captures him, but phil foils her plans to exchange him for a captured agent.
Secret agent x9 was a popular comic strip character of the 30s and 40s. Incidentally, said conclusion is unusually strong for a universal serial. The acclaimed book oliver stone called the best account i have read of this tragedy and its significance, jfk and the unspeakable details not just how the conspiracy to assassinate president john f. Secret agent x9 1945 is a universal movie serial based on the comic strip secret agent x9. Submit data corrections for secret agent x9 lewis d. It was the second serial with this name, the first was released by universal in 1937. Bridges was just emerging as a star and was a far better actor than most of the other serial heroes of the day. The film stars scott kolk in the title role and was directed by ford beebe and clifford smith. Secret agent x9s plotlike that of most universal serials from the. Find films and movies featuring henry hunter on allmovie allmovie.
Unfortunately, when, in 1934, king features syndicate launched secret agent x 9, they apparently couldnt decide whether it was a secret agent strip or a tracy knockoff. April 20 release of son of lassie, the 2nd lassie film and the first film ever to be filmed using the technicolor monobook method, where a single magazine of film is. The film could easily exist as a straight espionage effort, the sort of patriotic. Jack nicholson, malcolm mcdowell, shelley duvall, tom cruise among others are the. Lloyd bridges stars as agent x9 in this action packed serial. Both sides in world war ii attempt to control the secret of element 722, which can be used to create cheap.
The serial progress through chapters, this time american, australian and chinese agents join forces against the nazis and the japanese to access an aviation fuel code named 722. American, chinese and australian agents join forces to stop the nazis from obtaining the formula for synthetic fuel. Secret agent x9, the newspaper comic strip created by dashiell hammett and artist alex raymond for hearsts king features syndicate that made its debut on january 22, 1934 received no credits when this universal serial was released on april 12, 1937. Lloyd bridges stars as secret agent x9, in this series that is based on a comic strip. Secret agent x9 1945 serial universal monsters wiki. In early episodes, secret agent k7 offered the stories as cautionary tales as what aggressor powers were doing to undermine piece. Jan 03, 2014 hence, universal made no attempt to present the new x9 serial as a sequel to the old one, simply reusing the 1937 outings title instead of calling the 1945 one something like secret agent x9 on shadow island hence making it necessary for me, seventy years later, to put the 1945 serials date in the title of this blog post, in order to. Secret agent x9 phil corrigan original australian comics.
Rather, he introduced the stories of what other agents did. Images from this article were used by the outlook magazine, chinas leading original creative lifestyle magazine in a may, 2014 article on chinese conflicts entitled digging china,that depicted the propaganda of conflicts and alliances among the chinese communist party, the chinese nationalist party, japan. This 1945 version stars a young lloyd bridges as the american hero phil corrigan, also known as secret agent x9. Given its cast of 187,000, probably fewer people view it than appear in it. Theres no real secret to this agent, everyone on shadow island calls him x9, and knows he is an agent for the united states. Secret agent x9 1937 is a universal film serial based on the comic strip secret agent x9 by dashiell hammett and alex raymond. Secret agent k7 didnt take part in most adventures. Original australian comics secret agent x9 phil corrigan.
He asked dashiell hammett to provide a scenario to a young draughtsman alex many years ago, i had a period roman noir, these thriller of the 40th chandler, hammett. Secret agent x 9, the newspaper comic strip created by dashiell hammett and artist alex raymond for hearsts king features syndicate that made its debut on january 22, 1934 received no credits when this universal serial was released on april 12, 1937. Read about the secret agent x9 serial 1945 dvd and browse other dvd movies. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. It was universals last comic strip adaptation from 1936 to 1945, universal almost made more serial adaptations of comic strips than both of their rivals, columbia and republic, combined. King feature wished to compete with the success of dick tracy of chester gould.
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