King of the Carnival
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| King of the Carnival | |
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| Directed by | Franklin Adreon |
| Produced by | Franklin Adreon |
| Written by | Ronald Davidson |
| Starring | Harry Lauter Fran Bennett Keith Richards Robert Shayne Gregory Gay Rick Vallin Robert Clarke |
| Cinematography | Bud Thackery |
| Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 27 June 1955 |
| Running time | 12 chapters (167 min) |
| Country | Template:Usa |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $172,995 (negative cost: $177,050) |
| IMDb profile | |
King of the Carnival (1955) is a Republic Movie serial. It contains a substantial amount of stock footage from the earlier republic serial "Daredevils of the Red Circle". This was the last serial ever made by Republic and is often considered to be one of the worst produced by that company. The plot concerns Treasury Agents investigating a cold war counterfeiting operation run from a cirus.
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[edit] Plot
Treasury Agents Art Kerr and Jim Haynes are investigating a global counterfeiting operation belived to be linked to the circus. Acrobat Bert King (the King of the Carnival) agrees to help his old friend Art (they were both paratroopers in the war) in searching for evidence. Zorn, a foreign agent working from a a nearby submarine, hopes that his near perfect counterfeits will discredit America and bring prestige to his own country from other nations when they provide help for their own damages economies.
[edit] Cast
Harry Lauter as Bert King, acrobat and former paratrooper
Fran Bennett as June Edwards, acrobat
Keith Richards as Daley, Henchman
Robert Shayne as Jess Carter, Circus ringmaster and Henchman
[edit] Supporting Cast
Gregory Gay as Zorn, agent of a foreign power
Rick Vallin as Agent Art Kerr, a T-Man (Treasury Agent) and former paratrooper
Robert Clarke as Agent Jim Hayes, a T-Man (Treasury Agent)
Terry Frost as Travis, Henchman
Mauritz Hugo as Sam, Sideshow barker and Henchman
Lee Roberts as Hank
Chris Mitchell as Bill
Stuart Whitman as Mac, Acrobat
Tom Steele as Matt Winston, Acrobat
George DeNormand as Garth
[edit] Chapter titles
- Daredevils of the Air (20 min)
- Death Takes the Wheel (13 min 20s)
- The Trap that Failed (13 min 20s)
- Operation Murder (13 min 20s)
- The Mechanical Bloodhound (13 min 20s)
- Undersea Peril (13 min 20s)
- High Hazard (13 min 20s)
- Death Alley (13 min 20s)
- Cave of Doom (13 min 20s)
- The Masked Executioner (13 min 20s) -- Re-Cap Chapter
- Undersea Warfare (13 min 20s)
- Vengeance Under the Big Top (13 min 20s)
[edit] Stunts & Effects
Stunts by Tom Steele
Special Effects by the Lydecker brothers
[edit] References
- King of the Carnival at the Internet Movie Database
- Valley of the Cliffhangers Supplement; Mathis, Jack, 1995, ISBN 0-9632878-1-8
[edit] External links
| Preceded by Panther Girl of the Kongo (1955) |
Republic Serial King of the Carnival (1955) |
Succeeded by none |
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