Red Barry (serial)

For the actor, see Don "Red" Barry.

Red Barry is a 1938 13-chapter Universal movie serial based on the comic strip Red Barry by Will Gould.^[1]

Red Barry
Directed by	Ford Beebe Alan James
Written by	Norman S. Hall Ray Trampe Will Gould (comic strip)
Produced by	Henry MacRae Barney A. Sarecky (associate)
Starring	Buster Crabbe Edna Sedgewick Frances Robinson Cyril Delevanti Frank Lackteen
Cinematography	Jerome Ash
Edited by	Saul A. Goodkind Louis Sackin Alvin Todd
Music by	Charles Previn
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	1938 (1938)
Running time	13 chapters (256 minutes)
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

An undercover police detective sets out to discover who stole $2 million in bonds.

Cast

• Buster Crabbe as Red Barry. This was one of the few serial roles for Buster Crabbe in normal clothing.^[1]
• Edna Sedgewick as Natacha
• Frances Robinson as Mississippi
• Cyril Delevanti as Wing Fu
• Frank Lackteen as Quong Lee
• Wade Boteler as Inspector Scott
• Hugh Huntley as Harry Dycer, aka Valentine Vane
• Philip Ahn as Hong Kong Cholly
• William Ruhl as C.E. Mannix
• William Gould as Commissioner
• Wheeler Oakman as Weaver
• Stanley Price as Petrov
• Earl Douglas as Igor
• Charles Stevens as Captain Moy
• Eric Wilton as Tubbs, Vane's Butler

Chapter titles

_Source:^[2]

1. Millions for Defense
2. The Curtain Falls
3. The Decoy
4. High Stakes
5. Desperate Chances
6. The Human Target
7. Midnight Tragedy
8. The Devil's Disguise
9. Between Two Fires
10. The False Trail
11. Heavy Odds
12. The Enemy Within
13. Mission of Mercy

See also

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