Hop Harrigan (serial)

Hop Harrigan
Directed by	Derwin Abrahams
Produced by	Sam Katzman
Starring	William Bakewell Jennifer Holt Robert 'Buzz' Henry Sumner Getchell
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	1946
Country	United States
Language	English

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

Plot

Hop Harrigan (Bakewell) and his pal "Tank" Tinker (Getchell) operate a small airport and flying service where they are hired by J. Westly Arnold (Vogan) to fly scientist, Dr. Tabor (Merton), to his secret laboratory where he has a revolutionary new power unit. But an unknown character known as The Chief Pilot (Oakman) is interested in the invention and uses a destructive ray to cripple Hop's airplane and kidnap Tabor. Hop and "Tank", aided by Gail Nolan (Jennifer Holt) and her younger brother, Jackie (Robert 'Buzz' Henry), finally overcome the criminals only find a bigger threat to them all within their group...

Cast

William Bakewell as Hop Harrigan. Bakewell is older than the character he is playing but a "convincing enough hero."^[1]
Jennifer Holt as Gail Nolan
Robert 'Buzz' Henry as Jackie Nolan
Sumner Getchell as "Tank" Tinker
Emmett Vogan as J. Westly Arnold
Claire James as Gwen Arnold
John Merton as Dr. Tobor
Wheeler Oakman as Alex Ballard/The Chief Pilot
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.^[1]

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."^[1]

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:^[2]

References

1 2 3 Cline, William C. (1984). "3. The Six Faces of Adventure". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 31. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
↑ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 243. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

External links

Hop Harrigan at the Internet Movie Database
Hop Harrigan at AllMovie

Preceded by Who's Guilty? (1945)	Columbia Serial Hop Harrigan (1946)	Succeeded by Chick Carter, Detective (1946)

Columbia serials

Pre-war serials (1937–1941)	Jungle Menace The Mysterious Pilot The Secret of Treasure Island The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok The Spider's Web Flying G-Men Mandrake the Magician Overland with Kit Carson The Shadow Terry and the Pirates Deadwood Dick The Green Archer White Eagle The Spider Returns The Iron Claw Holt of the Secret Service

War-time serials (1942–1945)	Captain Midnight Perils of the Royal Mounted The Secret Code The Valley of Vanishing Men Batman The Phantom The Desert Hawk Black Arrow Brenda Starr, Reporter The Monster and the Ape

Post-war serials (1945–1956)	Jungle Raiders Who's Guilty? Hop Harrigan Chick Carter, Detective Son of the Guardsman Jack Armstrong The Vigilante The Sea Hound Brick Bradford Tex Granger Superman Congo Bill Bruce Gentry Batman and Robin Adventures of Sir Galahad Cody of the Pony Express Atom Man vs. Superman Pirates of the High Seas Roar of the Iron Horse Mysterious Island Captain Video King of the Congo Blackhawk Son of Geronimo The Lost Planet The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd Gunfighters of the Northwest Riding with Buffalo Bill The Adventures of Captain Africa Perils of the Wilderness Blazing the Overland Trail

Live-action films based on DC Comics

Serials

Single films

Franchises

Batman

1966	Batman

1989	Batman Batman Returns Batman Forever Batman & Robin

2005	Batman Begins The Dark Knight The Dark Knight Rises

Superman

1951	Superman and the Mole Men Stamp Day for Superman

1978	Superman Superman II The Richard Donner Cut Superman III Supergirl Superman IV: The Quest for Peace Superman Returns

2013	Man of Steel Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

RED

RED
RED 2

Swamp Thing

See also

DC Extended Universe

Films produced by Sam Katzman

Supreme Pictures Corporation

Bob Steele Westerns	Western Justice (1934) A Demon for Trouble (1934) Smokey Smith (1935) Tombstone Terror (1935) Alias John Law (1935) Big Calibre (1935) Sundown Saunders (1935) Brand of the Outlaws (1936)

Victory Pictures Corporation

Peter B. Kyne Adaptations	Danger Ahead (1935) Hot Off the Press (1935) Bars of Hate (1935) The Fighting Coward (1935) A Face in the Fog (1935) Taming the Wild (1936) Rio Grande Romance (1936) Kelly of the Secret Service (1936) Put on the Spot (1936)

Tom Tyler Westerns	Rip Roarin' Buckaroo (1936) The Phantom of the Range (1936) Orphan of the Pecos (1937) Brothers of the West (1937) Cheyenne Rides Again (1937) Lost Ranch (1937) Mystery Range (1937) Feud of the Trail (1937)

Herman Brix Films	Shadow of Chinatown (1936) Two Minutes to Play (1936) Silks and Saddles (1936) Amateur Crook (1937) Flying Fists (1937) Million Dollar Racket (1937) Sky Racket (1937)

Tim McCoy Westerns	Six-Gun Trail (1938) Lightning Carson Rides Again (1938) Texas Wildcats (1939) Code of the Cactus (1939) Outlaws' Paradise (1939) Trigger Fingers (1939) The Fighting Renegade (1939) Straight Shooter (1939)

Serials	Shadow of Chinatown (1936) Blake of Scotland Yard (1937)

Mercury Pictures Corporation

The Rogues Tavern (1936)

Monogram Pictures

East Side Kids	East Side Kids (1940) Boys of the City (1940) That Gang of Mine (1940) Pride of the Bowery (1940) Flying Wild (1941) Bowery Blitzkrieg (1941) Spooks Run Wild (1941) Mr. Wise Guy (1942) Let's Get Tough! (1942) Smart Alecks (1942) 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge (1942) Kid Dynamite (1942) Clancy Street Boys (1943) Ghosts on the Loose (1943) Mr. Muggs Steps Out (1943) Million Dollar Kid (1944) Follow the Leader (1944) Block Busters (1944) Bowery Champs (1944) Docks of New York (1945) Mr. Muggs Rides Again (1945) Come Out Fighting (1945)

Bela Lugosi Movies	Invisible Ghost (1941) Black Dragons (1942) The Corpse Vanishes (1942) Bowery at Midnight (1942) The Ape Man (1943) Voodoo Man (1944) Return of the Ape Man (1944)

Billy Gilbert Movies	Spotlight Scandals (1943) Crazy Knights (1944) Three of a Kind (1944) Trouble Chasers (1945)

The Teen Agers	Junior Prom (1946) Freddie Steps Out (1946) High School Hero (1946) Vacation Days (1947)

Other	Zis Boom Bah (1941)

Columbia Pictures

Mary Lou (1948) Glamour Girl (1948) Going Steady (1958) Crash Landing (1958) Life Begins at 17 (1958) The Flying Fontaines (1959) The Love-Ins (1967) For Singles Only (1968)

Jean Porter	Betty Co-Ed (1946) Little Miss Broadway (1947) Sweet Genevieve (1947) Two Blondes and a Redhead (1947)

Gloria Henry	I Surrender Dear (1948) Racing Luck (1948) Triple Threat (1948) Manhattan Angel (1949)

Jungle Jim	Jungle Jim (1948) The Lost Tribe (1949) Mark of the Gorilla (1950) Captive Girl (1950) Pygmy Island (1950) Fury of the Congo (1951) Jungle Manhunt (1951) Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land (1952) Voodoo Tiger (1952) Savage Mutiny (1953) Valley of the Headhunters (1953) Killer Ape (1953) Jungle Man-Eaters (1954) Cannibal Attack (1954) Jungle Moon Men (1955) Devil Goddess (1956)

Jon Hall	Last of the Redmen (1947) The Prince of Thieves (1948) The Mutineers (1949) Hurricane Island (1951) Last Train from Bombay (1952)

George Montgomery	The Pathfinder (1952) Jack McCall, Desperado (1953) Fort Ti (1953) The Battle of Rogue River (1954) Seminole Uprising (1955)

Paul Henreid	Last of the Buccaneers (1950) Thief of Damascus (1952) Siren of Bagdad (1953) Pirates of Tripoli (1955)

Other Swashbucklers	Barbary Pirate (1949) Tyrant of the Sea (1950) The Magic Carpet (1951) The Golden Hawk (1952) Slaves of Babylon (1953) Prisoners of the Casbah (1953) Flame of Calcutta (1953) Serpent of the Nile (1953) Prince of Pirates (1953) The Saracen Blade (1954) The Iron Glove (1954) Drums of Tahiti (1954)

Other Westerns	When the Redskins Rode (1951) Brave Warrior (1952) California Conquest (1952) Last of the Redskins (1953) Conquest of Cochise (1953) Masterson of Kansas (1954) The Law vs. Billy the Kid (1954) Jesse James vs. the Daltons (1954) Charge of the Lancers (1954) The Gun That Won the West (1955) Duel on the Mississippi (1955) The Gun That Won the West (1955) Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado (1956) Utah Blaine (1957) The Wild Westerners (1962)

Serials	Who's Guilty? (1945) Jungle Raiders (1945) Brenda Starr, Reporter (1945) Chick Carter, Detective (1946) Hop Harrigan (1946) Son of the Guardsman (1946) Jack Armstrong (1947) The Vigilante (1947) The Sea Hound (1947) Brick Bradford (1947) Superman (1948) Congo Bill (1948) Tex Granger (1948) The Adventures of Sir Galahad (1949) Batman and Robin (1949) Bruce Gentry (1949) Pirates of the High Seas (1950) Cody of the Pony Express (1950) Atom Man vs. Superman (1950) Roar of the Iron Horse (1951) The Mysterious Island (1951) Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere (1951) Son of Geronimo: Apache Avenger (1952) King of the Congo (1952) Blackhawk (1952) The Lost Planet (1953) The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd (1953) Riding with Buffalo Bill (1954) Gunfighters of the Northwest (1954) The Adventures of Captain Africa (1955) Blazing the Overland Trail (1956) Perils of the Wilderness (1956)

Crime	Chinatown at Midnight (1949) State Penitentiary (1950) Revenue Agent (1950) Chain Gang (1950) Target Hong Kong (1953) The Miami Story (1954) New Orleans Uncensored (1955) Chicago Syndicate (1955) The Crooked Web (1955) Inside Detroit (1955) Teen-Age Crime Wave (1955) The Houston Story (1956) Miami Exposé (1956) Rumble on the Docks (1956) Escape from San Quentin (1957) The Tijuana Story (1957) The World Was His Jury (1958)

Musicals	Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! (1956) Rock Around the Clock (1956) Calypso Heat Wave (1957) Don't Knock the Rock (1957) Juke Box Rhythm (1959) Twist Around the Clock (1961) Don't Knock the Twist (1961)

Science Fiction	Lock Up Your Daughters (1951) Creature with the Atom Brain (1955) It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955) Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956) The Werewolf (1956) The Man Who Turned to Stone (1956) Uranium Boom (1956) The Giant Claw (1957) Zombies of Mora Tau (1957) The Night the World Exploded (1957)

War	Purple Heart Diary (1951) A Yank in Korea (1951) A Yank in Indo-China (1952) Sky Commando (1953) The 49th Man (1953) Mission Over Korea (1953)

Van Johnson	The Last Blitzkrieg (1959) The Enemy General (1960)

20th Century Fox

Pirates of Tortuga (1961)
The Wizard of Baghdad (1960)

MGM

American International Pictures

Riot on Sunset Strip (1967)
Angel, Angel, Down We Go (1969)

Other

His Private Secretary (1934)
Tallahassee 7000 (1961) (TV series)
How to Succeed with Sex (1970)
The Loners (1972)

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, March 06, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.