词条 | Raiders of Ghost City |
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| name = Raiders of Ghost City | image = | caption = | director = Lewis D. Collins Ray Taylor | producer = Morgan Cox Ray Taylor | writer = Luci Ward Morgan Cox | narrator = | starring = Dennis Moore Wanda McKay Lionel Atwill Joe Sawyer Regis Toomey | music = | cinematography = Harry Neumann | editing = Norman A. Cerf (supervising) Irving Birnbaum Jack Dolan Ace Herman Alvin Todd Edgar Zane | distributor = Universal Pictures | released = {{Film date|1944|06|25}} | runtime = 13 chapters (225 minutes) | country = United States | language = English | budget = }} Raiders of Ghost City is a 1944 Universal movie serial set in California during the American Civil War. PlotAt the height of the Civil War, a gang of supposed Confederates, headed by Alex Morel, raid all gold shipments from Oro Grande, California, bound for Washington. Captain Steve Clark is recognized as a Union Secret Service agent by Morel's accomplice Trina Dessard, along with his friend Idaho Jones, is ambushed in the baggage car and sent to almost certain death when the car is un-coupled and plunges down the mountainside. Leaping to safety, Idaho and Steve report to Colonel Sewell in Oro Grande, and Idaho introduces himself as a Wells Fargo detective to Cathy Haines the Oro Grande company agent. Steve and Idaho learn that the Morel raiders are only posing as Confederates, and their headquarters are at Morel's "Golden Eagle" saloon. He also discovers that members of the gang use old European coins with the date "1752" as identification. In a raid on the hideout, Steve's brother Jim is killed by the gang. The next victim is Confederate Army Captain Clay Randolph who has discovered that Morel is connected with a group of Prussian spies who have been using the stolen gold to initially finance Prussia's wars but later to buy Alaska from the Russian Empire as a "club over Canada"; hed gives Steve a clue before he dies. The date 1752 of the recognition coins is explained as the date of Frederick the Great's Testament that supposedly gave instructions how Prussia would take over the world. The clue leads Steve to a San Francisco dive owned by Abel Rackerby, who thinking he has Steve in his power, exposes the ring's activities and operation methods. Aided by the San Francisco Secret Service, Steve escapes and returns to Oro Grande where he and Idaho round up the spies. Cast
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Critical receptionCline writes that Raiders of Ghost City had a "good cast and production values...It came off quite well."[1] Chapter titles
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Notes1. ^{{cite book | last = Cline | first = William C. | title = In the Nick of Time | year = 1984 | publisher = McFarland & Company, Inc. | isbn = 0-7864-0471-X | pages = 42 | chapter = 3. The Six Faces of Adventure }} 2. ^{{cite book | last = Cline | first = William C. | title = In the Nick of Time | year = 1984 | publisher = McFarland & Company, Inc. | isbn = 0-7864-0471-X | pages = 238 | chapter = Filmography }} References
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| title=Universal Serial | before=The Great Alaskan Mystery (1944) | years=Raiders of Ghost City (1944) | after=Mystery of the River Boat (1944)}}{{end}}{{Universal serials}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Raiders of Ghost City}} 11 : 1944 films|American Civil War films|American films|American black-and-white films|English-language films|Universal Pictures film serials|Films set in ghost towns|Films directed by Ray Taylor|Films directed by Lewis D. Collins|1940s Western (genre) films|American Western (genre) films |
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