Mystery of the River Boat

Mystery of the River Boat

Directed by	Lewis D. Collins Ray Taylor
Produced by	Henry MacRae
Written by	Ande Lamb Maurice Tombragel
Starring	Robert Lowery Eddie Quillan Marion Martin Marjorie Clements Lyle Talbot Arthur Hohl
Music by	Paul Sawtell
Cinematography	William A. Sickner
Edited by	Irving Birnbaum Jack Dolan Ace Herman Alvin Todd Edgar Zane
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	October 24, 1944 (1944-10-24)
Running time	13 chapters (218 minutes)
Country	United States
Language	English

Mystery of the River Boat, Chapter 1, The Tragic Crash

Mystery of the River Boat is a 1944 Universal movie serial directed by Lewis D. Collins and Ray Taylor.

Cast

Robert Lowery as Steve Langtry
Eddie Quillan as Jug Jenks
Marion Martin as Celeste Eltree, river boat singer
Marjorie Clements as Jenny Perrin, Captain Perrin's daughter
Lyle Talbot as Rudolph Toller, foreign agent
Arthur Hohl as Clayton
Oscar O'Shea as Captain Ethan Perrin, captain of the river boat The Morning Glory
Francis McDonald as Batiste
Mantan Moreland as Napoleon, ship steward
Eddy Waller as Charles Langtry
Ian Wolfe as Herman Einreich, villainous land speculator
Byron Foulger as Dr. H. Hartman
Earle Hodgins as Jean Duval
Anthony Warde as Bruno Bloch
Alec Craig as the Chief Engineer

Production

Stunts

John Daheim doubling Robert Lowery
Carey Loftin doubling Robert Lowery
Eddie Parker doubling Dick Curtis
Tom Steele doubling Arthur Hohl

Critical reception

Cline considers this to be an average serial but one with a good cast and all the necessary "ingredients" of a good serial.^[1]

Chapter titles

The Tragic Crash
The Phantom Killer
The Flaming Inferno
The Brink of Doom
The Highway of Peril
The Fatal Plunge
The Toll of the Storm
The Break in the Levee
Trapped in the Quicksands
Flaming Havoc
Electrocuted
Risking Death
The Boomerang

_Source:^[2]

References

↑ Cline, William C. (1984). "3. The Six Faces of Adventure". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 50. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
↑ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 238. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

External links

Preceded by Raiders of Ghost City (1944)	Universal Serial Mystery of the River Boat (1944)	Succeeded by Jungle Queen (1945)

Universal serials

Serials

Silent Serials (1914-1929)	Lucille Love, Girl of Mystery The Master Key The Trey o' Hearts The Black Box The Broken Coin Graft Under the Crescent The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring Liberty The Mystery Ship The Red Ace The Gray Ghost The Voice on the Wire The Brass Bullet Bull's Eye The Lion's Claws Lure of the Circus The Red Glove The Great Radium Mystery The Lion Man The Midnight Man The Flaming Disc The Moon Riders King of the Circus The Vanishing Dagger The Dragon's Net The Diamond Queen Do or Die The Secret Four Terror Trail The White Horseman Winners of the West The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe In the Days of Buffalo Bill Perils of the Yukon The Radio King With Stanley in Africa Around the World in Eighteen Days Beasts of Paradise The Eagle's Talons The Ghost City In the Days of Daniel Boone The Oregon Trail The Phantom Fortune The Social Buccaneer The Steel Trail The Fast Express The Fighting Ranger The Iron Man The Riddle Rider Wolves of the North Ace of Spades The Great Circus Mystery The Scarlet Streak Fighting with Buffalo Bill Strings of Steel The Winking Idol Blake of Scotland Yard The Fire Fighters The Return of the Riddle Rider The Trail of the Tiger Whispering Smith Rides Haunted Island Tarzan the Mighty The Vanishing Rider The Diamond Master A Final Reckoning The Pirate of Panama

Part-sound Serials (1929-1930)	The Ace of Scotland Yard Tarzan the Tiger The Jade Box The Lightning Express Terry of the Times The Indians Are Coming

Pre-war Sound Serials (1931-1942)	Finger Prints Heroes of the Flames Danger Island Battling with Buffalo Bill The Spell of the Circus Detective Lloyd The Airmail Mystery Heroes of the West The Jungle Mystery The Lost Special Clancy of the Mounted The Phantom of the Air Gordon of Ghost City The Perils of Pauline Pirate Treasure The Vanishing Shadow The Red Rider Tailspin Tommy Rustlers of Red Dog The Call of the Savage The Roaring West Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery The Adventures of Frank Merriwell Flash Gordon The Phantom Rider Ace Drummond Jungle Jim Secret Agent X-9 Wild West Days Radio Patrol Tim Tyler's Luck Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars Flaming Frontiers Red Barry Scouts to the Rescue Buck Rogers The Oregon Trail The Phantom Creeps The Green Hornet Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe Winners of the West Junior G-Men The Green Hornet Strikes Again! Sky Raiders Riders of Death Valley Sea Raiders

War-time Serials (1942-1945)	Don Winslow of the Navy Gang Busters Junior G-Men of the Air Overland Mail The Adventures of Smilin' Jack Don Winslow of the Coast Guard Adventures of the Flying Cadets The Great Alaskan Mystery Raiders of Ghost City Mystery of the River Boat Jungle Queen The Master Key Secret Agent X-9

Post-war Serials (1945-1946)	The Royal Mounted Rides Again The Scarlet Horseman Lost City of the Jungle The Mysterious Mr. M

See also

Film serials List of film serials List of film serials by studio

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