The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
Directed byFord Beebe
John Rawlins
Written byGeorge H. Plympton
Basil Dickey
Sherman L. Lowe
Fred MacIsaac
Fran Striker (characters)
Produced byHenry MacRae
StarringWarren Hull
Keye Luke
Pierre Watkin
Anne Nagel
Wade Boteler
Eddie Acuff
CinematographyJerome Ash
Edited bySaul A. Goodkind (supervising)
Joseph Gluck
Louis Sackin
Alvin Todd
Music byCharles Previn
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • 4 January 1941 (1941-01-04)
Running time
15 chapters (293 min)[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Green Hornet Strikes Again! is a 1941 Universal black-and-white 15 chapter movie serial based on The Green Hornet radio series by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker. It is a superhero-themed story about the eponymous superhero, the Green Hornet. It is a sequel to Universal's earlier serial The Green Hornet (1940). This was the 117th serial (the 49th with sound) of the 137 that Universal produced. The plot involves racketeering and is unusual for a movie serial by having mostly stand-alone chapters instead of each running into the next; this was also the case for Universal's first Green Hornet serial.[2]

Plot

Wealthy publisher Britt Reid and his trusted Korean valet and sidekick disguise themselves as the crime fighting vigilantes, The Green Hornet and Kato. Over the course of 15 chapters, they battle the growing power of ruthless crime lord "Boss" Crogan and his varied rackets and henchmen across the city. Unknown to them, Crogan also has strong ties to foreign powers unfriendly to the United States.

Cast

Chapter titles

Source:[4]

  1. Flaming Havoc
  2. The Plunge of Peril
  3. The Avenging Heavens
  4. A Night of Terror
  5. Shattering Doom
  6. The Fatal Flash
  7. Death in the Clouds
  8. Human Targets
  9. The Tragic Crash
  10. Blazing Fury
  11. Thieves of the Night
  12. Crashing Barriers
  13. The Flaming Inferno
  14. Racketeering Vultures
  15. Smashing the Crime Ring

References

  1. ^ "The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (Super Restoration Series)". DVD Talk. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
  2. ^ "The Green Hornet Strikes Again". DVD Talk. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
  3. ^ Lidz, Franz (7 January 2011). "Float Like a Franchise, Sting Like a ..." The New York Times. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  4. ^ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 228. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

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Universal serials
The Green Hornet
Films directed by John Rawlins
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