Blackhawk (serial)
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Blackhawk (1947) is a Columbia movie serial based on the comic book Blackhawk now owned by DC Comics. The serial's subtitle was "Fearless Champion of Freedom". It was the studio's 49th serial.
It stars Kirk Alyn as Blackhawk and Carol Forman as the foreign spy whom the Blackhawks must prevent from stealing the experimental super-fuel "Element-X". Alyn and Forman were also the hero and villain, respectively, of Columbia's earlier Superman. This serial was produced by the famously cheap Sam Katzman and directed by the team of Spencer Gordon Bennet and Fred F. Sears. It is considered a relatively cheap and lacklustre serial, produced in the waning years of the serial medium.
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Plot
The Blackhawks must prevent the villainous Leader's plots to steal technology.
Cast
- Kirk Alyn as Blackhawk, the "Fearless Champion of Freedom"
- Carol Forman as Laska, foreign spy working for The Leader
- John Crawford as Chuck
- Michael Fox as Mr Case/The Leader
- Don Harvey as Olaf
- Rick Vallin as Stan (a Blackhawk) and his twin Boris (an agent of The Leader)
- Larry Stewart as Andre
- Weaver Levy as Chop
- Zon Murray as Bork
- Nick Stuart as Cress
- Marshall Reed as Aller
- Pierce Lyden as D
Reception
As a serial of the 1950s, this was produced after the medium's heyday. The serials of this time were generally inferior to those that had been made in the previous decade.
Chapter titles
- Distress Call From Space
- Blackhawk Traps a Traitor
- In The Enemy's Hideout
- The Iron Monster
- Human Targets
- Blackhawk's Leap For Life
- Mystery Fuel
- Blasted From The Sky
- Blackhawk Tempts Fate
- Chase For Element X
- Forced Down
- Drums of Doom
- Blackhawk's Daring Plan
- Blackhawk's Wild Ride
- The Leader Unmasked