The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
Directed by	Ford Beebe; John Rawlins
Written by	George H. Plympton; Basil Dickey; Sherman L. Lowe; Fred MacIsaac; Fran Striker (characters)
Produced by	Henry MacRae
Starring	Warren Hull; Keye Luke; Pierre Watkin; Anne Nagel; Wade Boteler; Eddie Acuff
Cinematography	Jerome Ash
Edited by	Saul A. Goodkind (supervising); Joseph Gluck; Louis Sackin; Alvin Todd
Music by	Charles Previn
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	4 January 1941;
Running time	15 chapters (293 min)
Country	United States
Language	English

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

Warren Hull as Britt Reid and his alter ego The Green Hornet. Hull replaced Gordon Jones in this role and also provided the voice of the Hornet (instead of radio voice Al Hodge in the original serial).^[3]
Wade Boteler as Michael Axford, Britt Reid's bodyguard
Anne Nagel as Lenore "Casey" Case, Britt Reid's secretary
Keye Luke as Kato, the Green Hornet's sidekick
Eddie Acuff as Ed Lowery, a reporter
Pierre Watkin (listed in the credits as "Pierre Watkins") as Boss Crogan, racketeer
James Seay as Bordine, one of Boss Crogan's henchmen
Arthur Loft as Tauer, Boss Crogan's chief henchman
Joe Devlin as Dolan, one of Boss Crogan's henchmen
William Hall as DeLuca, one of Boss Crogan's henchmen
Dorothy Lovett as Frances Grayson, an aluminum heiress, and Stella Merja, an actress hired to replace her

Chapter titles

Source:^[4]

Flaming Havoc
The Plunge of Peril
The Avenging Heavens
A Night of Terror
Shattering Doom
The Fatal Flash
Death in the Clouds
Human Targets
The Tragic Crash
Blazing Fury
Thieves of the Night
Crashing Barriers
The Flaming Inferno
Racketeering Vultures
Smashing the Crime Ring

References

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

External links

The Green Hornet Strikes Again! at IMDb
The Green Hornet Strikes Again! is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
The Green Hornet Strikes Again! at AllMovie
Nostalgia League review of The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

[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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