Radio Patrol (serial)

Radio Patrol is a 1937 Universal movie serial based on the comic strip Radio Patrol.

Radio Patrol
Cover of the 2009 DVD release.
Directed by	Ford Beebe Clifford Smith
Written by	Wyndham Gittens Norman S. Hall Ray Trampe Charlie Schmidt (comicstrip) Eddie Sullivan (comicstrip)
Produced by	Ben Koenig Barney A. Sarecky
Starring	Grant Withers Adrian Morris Kay Hughes
Cinematography	Jerome Ash
Edited by	Saul A. Goodkind (supervising) Joseph Gluck Louis Sackin Alvin Todd
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	October 15, 1937 (1937-10-15) (U.S.)
Running time	12 chapters (242 minutes)
Country	United States
Language	English

Premise

Pat O' Hara, a police officer cop, joins forces with Molly Selkirk to try and stop an international criminal gang from getting their hands on the formula for a new flexible metal.

Cast

• Grant Withers as Officer Pat O'Hara
• Adrian Morris as Officer Sam Maloney
• Kay Hughes as Molly Selkirk
• Mickey Rentschler as Pinky Adams
• Silver Wolf as Irish, the German Shepherd
• Gordon Hart as W.H. Harrison
• Frank Lackteen as Mr. Tahata/Warner the Great
• C. Montague Shaw as Mr. Wellington
• Harry Davenport as John P. Adams, inventor
• Wheeler Oakman as Stevens, gang chemist
• Max Hoffman Jr. as Harry Selkirk
• Jack Mulhall as Desk Sergeant
• Earl Dwire as Jeremiah Crockett
• Leonard Lord as Franklin, the real Tahata
• Dick Botiller as Zutta, a henchman
• Tom London as Eddie Lewis (uncredited)
• Ray Teal as Perkins (uncredited)

Production

Radio Patrol was based on the comic strip by Eddie Sullivan and Charles Schmidt.^[1]

Stunts

• George Magrill
• Eddie Parker (doubling Grant Withers)
• Tom Steele

Chapter titles

1. A Million Dollar Murder
2. The Hypnotic Eye
3. Flaming Death
4. The Human Clue
5. The Flash of Doom
6. The House of Terror
7. Claws of Steel
8. The Perfect Crime
9. Plaything of Disaster
10. A Bargain with Death
11. The Hidden Menace
12. They Get Their Man

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See also

• List of film serials
• List of film serials by studio