| 词条 | Bruce Gentry – Daredevil of the Skies |
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| name = Bruce Gentry – Daredevil of the Skies | image size = | image = Bruce Gentry FilmPoster.jpeg | caption = | director = Spencer Gordon Bennet Thomas Carr | producer = Sam Katzman | writer = Lewis Clay George H. Plympton Joseph F. Poland Ray Bailey (character) | narrator = | starring = Tom Neal Judy Clark Ralph Hodges Forrest Taylor Hugh Prosser Tristram Coffin | music = Mischa Bakaleinikoff | cinematography = Ira H. Morgan | editing = Dwight Caldwell Earl Turner | distributor = Columbia Pictures | released = {{Film date|1949|02|10}} | runtime = 15 chapters | country = United States | language = English | budget = }}Bruce Gentry – Daredevil of the Skies (1949) is a 15-episode Columbia Pictures movie serial based on the Bruce Gentry comic strip created by Ray Bailey.[1] It features the first cinematic appearance of a flying saucer, as the secret weapon of the villainous Recorder.[2] PlotDr Benson (Forrest Taylor ), a friend of charter pilot Bruce Gentry ( Tom Neal), is kidnapped by the mysterious enemy agent, "The Recorder" who only issues orders through recordings. Benson is used to perfect the villain's flying saucers, launched and controlled by electronic means. Industrialist Paul Radcliffe (Hugh Prosser) hires Bruce to investigate the saucers as he thinks they may have a commercial use. Necessary for the production of the flying saucers is a mineral called Platonite. The Recorder's only source, an abandoned mine on the land belonging to Jaunita (Judy Clark) and Frank Farrell (Ralph Hodges), has run dry and he needs to steal supplies from the US Government. When Bruce closes in on The Recorder, he finds out that his prey is actually Dr. Benson. Krendon (Tristram Coffin), one of his henchmen, releases a deadly flying saucer on an attack against the Panama Canal. In his aircraft, Bruce intercepts the saucer, crashing into it, and escaping the resultant explosion by taking to his parachute. Back at The Recorder's headquarters, the saucer controls explode, killing all the enemy agents. CliffhangersAt the end of chapter 14, Gentry drives over a cliff on a motorbike. In the resolution at the beginning of chapter 15, Gentry is replaced by an animated sequence which shows him escaping death by use of a parachute hidden under his jacket. The cliffhangers, and their resolutions, in chapters one and 12 are almost identical.[3] Cast{{Cast listing|
}} ProductionThe flying disc is described by Harmon and Glut as "an embarrassingly bad animated cartoon drawn over the action scenes." Animation also appears in the resolution of a cliffhanger, in which an animated Gentry is used instead of a stuntman.[2] The flying disc, however, may be the first cinematic appearance of a flying saucer.[3] Chapter titles
Critical receptionAccording to Harmon and Glut, Bruce Gentry was "one of Columbia's closest attempts at imitating the serials of Republic, a studio known for superbly staged action sequences" but it did not equal Republic's standards.[2] Film historian William Cline describes the serial as a "pretty good airplane adventure."[5] ReferencesNotes1. ^Weiss and Goodgold 1973, p. 288. 2. ^1 2 Harmon 1973, pp. 158–159. 3. ^1 Greer 2009, p. 33. 4. ^Cline 1984, p. 248. 5. ^Cline 1984, p. 27. Bibliography{{Refbegin}}
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| title=Columbia Serial | before=Congo Bill (1948) | years=Bruce Gentry – Daredevil of the Skies (1949) | after=Batman and Robin (1949)}}{{end}}{{Spencer Gordon Bennet}}{{Sam Katzman}}{{Columbia serials}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Bruce Gentry - Daredevil of the Skies}} 12 : 1949 films|American films|English-language films|American aviation films|1940s science fiction films|American science fiction films|1940s adventure films|American black-and-white films|Columbia Pictures film serials|Films based on American comics|UFO-related media|Films directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet |
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