Hop Harrigan is a Columbia

Columbia Pictures

Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production and distribution company. Columbia Pictures now forms part of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. It is one of the leading film companies...

 film serial, based on the Hop Harrigan

Hop Harrigan

Hop Harrigan first appeared in All American Comics #1 created by Jon Blummer as one of the first successful aviation heroes in comic history...

 comic books.

Plot

Ex-serviceman and pilot Hop Harrigan, with his sidekicks Gail Nolan and Tank Tinker, attempt to rescue Dr. Tobor & thwart the mysterious villain The Chief Pilot.

Cast

• William Bakewell
  William Bakewell
  William Bakewell , also known as Billy Bakewell, was an American actor, who achieved his greatest fame as one of the premiere juvenile performers of the late 1920s and early 1930s.-Life and career:...
  
   as Hop Harrigan
  Hop Harrigan
  Hop Harrigan first appeared in All American Comics #1 created by Jon Blummer as one of the first successful aviation heroes in comic history...
  
  . Bakewell is older than the character he is playing but a "convincing enough hero."
• Jennifer Holt
  Jennifer Holt
  Jennifer Holt was an American actress.-Biography:Born Elizabeth Marshall Holt in Hollywood, California to actor Jack Holt and his wife, Margaret Woods...
  
   as Gail Nolan
• Robert 'Buzz' Henry as Jackie Nolan
• Sumner Getchell
  Sumner Getchell
  Sumner Getchell was an American film actor. He appeared in 65 films between 1926 and 1953.He was born in Oakland, California and died in Sebastopol, California.-Selected filmography:...
  
   as Tank Tinker
• Emmett Vogan
  Emmett Vogan
  Emmett Vogan was an American actor with almost 500 film appearances from 1934–1954, making him one of the most prolific actors of all time.-External links:...
  
   as Arnold
• Claire James as Gwen Arnold
• John Merton as Dr. Tobor
• Wheeler Oakman
  Wheeler Oakman
  Wheeler Oakman was an American film actor.Usually appearing as a henchman in films, rarely a leading role, he appeared in over 280 films between 1912 and 1948....
  
   as Alex Ballard
• Ernie Adams
  Ernie Adams (actor)
  Ernie Adams was an American film actor. He appeared in over 400 films between 1919 and 1948.He was born in San Francisco, California and died in Hollywood, California.-Selected filmography:...
  
   as Retner
• Peter Michael
  Peter Michael
  Peter Michael is an English contemporary figurative painter. Michael's work is firmly set in the British painting tradition of Lucian Freud and Jenny Saville, but references his classical Italian fresco training with hints of artists such as Mantegna.Michael studied at the University of East...
  
   as Mark Craven
• Terry Frost
  Terry Frost (actor)
  Terry Frost was an American actor who appeared in dozens of Western films during the 1940s and 1950s.-Biography:...
  
   as Barry
• Anthony Warde
  Anthony Warde
  Anthony Warde was a noted American actor who appeared in over 150 films between 1937 and 1964.-Career:A native of Pennsylvania, Warde started his Hollywood career in Escape by Night , appearing in a handful of undistinguished feature films before gaining popularity as one of the hardest working...
  
   as Edwards
• Jackie Moran as Fraser
• Bobby Stone as Gray
• Jack Buchanon as Deputy Sheriff

Production

Hop Harrigan was based on Jon Blummer's All-American Comics

All-American Comics

All-American Comics was the flagship title of comic book publisher All-American Publications, one of the forerunners of DC Comics. It ran for 102 issues from April 1939 to October 1948, at which time it was renamed All-American Western. In 1952, the title was changed again to All-American Men of...

and associated radio series.

Critical reception

Cline wrote that Hop Harrigan is "a fairly action-filled cliffhanger...[and the] action was well paced, making this chapterplay as convincing and successful as it was meant to be."

Chapter titles

1. A Mad Mission
2. The Secret Ray
3. The Mystery Plane
4. Plunging Peril
5. Betrayed by a Madman
6. A Flaming Trap
7. One Chance for Life
8. White Fumes of Fate
9. Dr. Tobor's Revenge
10. Juggernaut of Fate
11. Flying to Oblivion
12. Lost in the Skies
13. No Escape
14. The Chute that Failed
15. The Fate of the World

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