Federal Agents Vs. Underworld, Inc.
''Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc.'' (1949) is a 12-episode black-and-white Serial (film), film serial produced by Republic Pictures during July 1948 and released in January 1949, an original screenplay written collaboratively by Royal K. Cole, Basil Dickey, William Lively and Sol Shor as a crime (genre), crime story with elements of "the mysterious Orient" incorporated in the plot. Plot Nila (Carol Forman), an Abistahnian criminal, and Spade Gordon (Roy Barcroft), an American gangster, conspire to form a super-mob dubbed Underworld, Incorporated, funded by the treasure of Kurigal I of Abistahn, instructions for the location of which are contained in hieroglyphics written on two golden statues in the shape of hands, found in Kurigal's tomb. When the professor in charge of the tomb's dig disappears under mysterious circumstances while translating the writing on one of the hands back at his American office, a team of special government agents led by David Worth (Kirk Alyn) and h ...
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Kirk Alyn
Kirk Alyn (born John Feggo Jr.; October 8, 1910 – March 14, 1999) was an American actor, best known for being the first actor to play the DC Comics character Superman in live-action for the 1948 movie serial ''Superman'' and its 1950 sequel ''Atom Man vs. Superman'', as well as fellow DC Comics characters Blackhawk from the ''Blackhawk'' movie serial in 1952, and Lois Lane's father Sam Lane in 1978's '' Superman: The Movie''. Early life Kirk Alyn was born as John Feggo Jr. on October 8, 1910 in Oxford, New Jersey, to Hungarian immigrant parents. In his youth he lived in Wharton, New Jersey. A plaque commemorating his life in the borough is hung in the municipal building, also signifying the small town's only point of interest. Career Alyn started as a chorus boy for Broadway theatre, Broadway plays, appearing in notable musicals such as ''Girl Crazy'', ''Of Thee I Sing'', and ''Hellzapoppin' (musical), Hellzapoppin''' during the 1930s. He also worked as a singer and dancer i ...
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