Hop Harrigan (serial)

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name = Hop Harrigan


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director = Derwin Abrahams
producer = Sam Katzman
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starring = William Bakewell
Jennifer Holt
Robert 'Buzz' Henry
Sumner Getchell
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distributor = Columbia Pictures
released = 1946
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country = USA
language = English
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amg_id = 1:144839
imdb_id = 0038616

"Hop Harrigan" (1946) is a Columbia film serial, based on the Hop Harrigan comic books .

Plot

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

Cast

* William Bakewell as Hop Harrigan. Bakewell is older than the character he is playing but a "convincing enough hero."cite book
last = Cline
first = William C.
title = In the Nick of Time
origyear = 1984
publisher = McFarland & Company, Inc.
isbn = 078640471X
pages = pp. 31
chapter = 3. The Six Faces of Adventure ]
* Jennifer Holt as Gail Nolan
* Robert 'Buzz' Henry as Jackie Nolan
* Sumner Getchell as Tank Tinker
* Emmett Vogan as Arnold
* Claire James as Gwen Arnold
* John Merton as Dr. Tobor
* Wheeler Oakman as Alex Ballard
* Ernie Adams as Retner
* Peter Michael as Mark Craven
* Terry Frost as Barry
* Anthony Warde 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" 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

# A Mad Mission
# The Secret Ray
# The Mystery Plane
# Plunging Peril
# Betrayed by a Madman
# A Flaming Trap
# One Chance for Life
# White Fumes of Fate
# Dr. Tobor's Revenge
# Juggernaut of Fate
# Flying to Oblivion
# Lost in the Skies
# No Escape
# The Chute that Failed
# The Fate of the World_Source: [cite book
last = Cline
first = William C.
title = In the Nick of Time
origyear = 1984
publisher = McFarland & Company, Inc.
isbn = 078640471X
pages = pp. 243
chapter = Filmography ]

ee also

*List of film serials by year
*List of film serials by studio

References

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title=Columbia Serial
before=Who's Guilty? (1945)
years=Hop Harrigan (1946)
after=Chick Carter, Detective (1946)