Manhunt of Mystery Island (1945) is a Republic Movie serial. It was the thirty-sixth serial produced by Republic (of a total of sixty-six) and the first released in 1945. It is the penultimate 15-chapter serial to be released by the studio. The year 1945, the end of the Golden Age of Serials,[ was the last in which Republic released any 15-chapter serials, the remainder being either 12 or 13 chapters in length. In 1966 footage from the serial was edited together into the 100-minute film Captain Mephisto and the Transformation Machine. Three of the serial's cliffhanger gags / set pieces are copied in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Cast Richard Bailey as Lance Reardon, a private detective Linda Stirling as Claire Forrest, daughter of Professor Forrest Roy Barcroft as Higgins/ Captain Mephisto Kenne Duncan as Sidney Brand Forrest Taylor as Professor William Forrest, inventor of the Radiatomic Power Transmitter Forbes Murray as Professor Harry Hargraves Jack Ingram as Edward Armstrong Harry Strang as Frederick "Fred" Braley
Manhunt of Mystery Island (1945) is a Republic Movie serial. It was the thirty-sixth serial produced by Republic (of a total of sixty-six) and the first released in 1945. It is the penultimate 15-chapter serial to be released by the studio. The year 1945, the end of the Golden Age of Serials,[ was the last in which Republic released any 15-chapter serials, the remainder being either 12 or 13 chapters in length. In 1966 footage from the serial was edited together into the 100-minute film Captain Mephisto and the Transformation Machine. Three of the serial's cliffhanger gags / set pieces are copied in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Cast Richard Bailey as Lance Reardon, a private detective Linda Stirling as Claire Forrest, daughter of Professor Forrest Roy Barcroft as Higgins/ Captain Mephisto Kenne Duncan as Sidney Brand Forrest Taylor as Professor William Forrest, inventor of the Radiatomic Power Transmitter Forbes Murray as Professor Harry Hargraves Jack Ingram as Edward Armstrong Harry Strang as Frederick "Fred" Braley