''Scouts to the Rescue'' is a 1939
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film serial
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directed by
Alan James and
Ray Taylor. It starred
Jackie Cooper and
Bill Cody Jr.
Premise
A troop of
Boy Scouts use a treasure map to find a stash of counterfeit notes and a lost tribe with a secret Radium deposit.
Cast
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Jackie Cooper as Bruce Scott, leader of the Scout Troop
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David Durand as Rip Rawson
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Bill Cody, Jr. as Skeets Scanlon
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Vondell Darr
Vondell Darr Wilson (April 18, 1919 – September 10, 2012) was an American actress. She achieved success in the late 1920s as a child actor and later played bit parts in her adult years. Her last role was in ''The Chocolate Soldier'' in 1941. ...
as Mary Scanlon
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William Ruhl
William Harris Ruhl (October 25, 1901 – March 12, 1956) was an American character actor of the 1930s, 1940s, and early 1950s.
Early life
Born on October 25, 1901, in Colfax, Washington, Ruhl entered films in the small role of a shopper i ...
as Hal Marvin, a G-Man on the trail of the counterfeiters
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Sidney Miller as Hermie, a Boy Scout
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Ivan Miller as Turk Mortensen
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Edwin Stanley as Pat Scanlon
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Ralph Dunn as Pug O'Toole, a gangster
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George Regas as Lukolu, high priest of the lost tribe
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Jack Mulhall
John Joseph Francis Mulhall (October 7, 1887 – June 1, 1979) was an American film actor beginning in the silent film era who successfully transitioned to sound films, appearing in over 430 films in a career spanning 50 years.
Early years
Mu ...
as Scoutmaster Hale
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Jason Robards, Sr. as Doc, a gangster
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Dick Botiller
Richard Edward Botiller (October 26, 1896 – March 24, 1953) was an American character actor of the 1930s and 1940s. While most of his roles were un-credited, many of them nameless as well, he was given more substantial roles occasionally.
Life ...
as Leeka, Leader of Warriors
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Victor Adams as Hurst, a heavy
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Max Wagner
Max Wagner (November 28, 1901 – November 16, 1975) was a Mexican-born American film actor who specialized in playing small parts such as thugs, gangsters, sailors, henchmen, bodyguards, cab drivers and moving men, appearing more than 400 ...
as Joe, a henchman
Chapter titles
# Death Rides the Air
# Avalanche of Doom
# Trapped by the Indians
# River of Doom
# Descending Doom
# Ghost Town Menace
# Destroyed by Dynamite
# Thundering Hoofs
">ic# The Fire God Strikes
# The Battle at Ghost Town
# Hurtling Through Space
# The Boy Scouts' Triumph
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See also
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List of film serials
A list of film serials by year of release.
1910s
1920s
1930s
Films still exist from this point on unless noted otherwise:
1940s
1950s
See also
* Serial (film)
* List of film serials by studio
References
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List of film serials by studio
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References
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1939 films
1939 adventure films
American black-and-white films
American children's films
1930s English-language films
Universal Pictures film serials
Films directed by Alan James
Films directed by Ray Taylor
Films about the Boy Scouts of America
American adventure films
Films with screenplays by George H. Plympton
Films with screenplays by Joseph F. Poland
1930s American films