''Dangers of the Canadian Mounted'' is a 1948 Northern Republic

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Plot

A criminal gang discovers a Genghis Khan treasure ship on the Canada-Alaska border. However, the treasure itself is hidden on land. In their efforts to find the hidden riches, they resort to murder and sabotage to stop the construction of the Alcan highway which will bring homesteaders to the area. Sergeant Christopher 'Chris' Royal of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and his allies battle their way to find the crooks, and to learn the identity of their mysterious leader known only as 'The Boss'.

Cast

Jim Bannon James Shorttel Bannon (April 9, 1911 – July 28, 1984) was an American actor and radio announcer known for his work on the ''I Love a Mystery'' and ''Red Ryder'' series during the 1940s and 1950s. Early life Born in 1911 in Kansas City, Misso ...

as Sergeant Christopher 'Chris' Royal, RCMP * Virginia Belmont as Roberta "Bobbie" Page *

Anthony Warde Anthony Warde (born Benjamin Schwartz; January 1, 1909 – January 8, 1975) was a noted American actor who appeared in over 150 films between 1937 and 1964. Early years Born as Benjamin Schwartz in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on New Year' ...

as Mort Fowler *

Dorothy Granger Dorothy Karolyn Granger (November 21, 1911 – January 4, 1995) was an American actress best known for her roles in short subject comedies in Hollywood. Career Granger, with her parents, two brothers, Richard and James, and their grandmot ...

as Skagway Kate * Bill Van Sickel as Dan Page * Tom Steele as Fagan/Carter/Truck Driver/Lou/Sloane/Spike *

Dale Van Sickel Dale Harris Van Sickel (November 29, 1907 – January 25, 1977) was an American college football, basketball and baseball player during the 1920s, who later became a Hollywood motion picture actor and stunt performer for over forty years. ...

as Boyd/Pete/Bart/Scott/Steele

Production

''Dangers of the Canadian Mounted'' was budgeted at $150,038 although the final

negative cost Negative cost is the net expense to produce and shoot a film, excluding such expenditures as distribution and promotion. Low-budget movies, for example ''The Blair Witch Project ''The Blair Witch Project'' is a 1999 American supernatural ho ...

was $150,130 (a $92, or 0.1%, overspend). It was filmed between 7 October and 28 October 1947. The serial's production number was 1699.

Stunts

* Tom Steele as Sergeant Chris Royal (doubling

) *

as Mort Fowler (doubling

) *

Carey Loftin William Carey Loftin (January 31, 1914 – March 4, 1997, a.k.a. Cary Loftin, Carry Loftin, Carey Lofton, Gary Loftin, William Carey Loftin) was an American professional stuntman, stunt coordinator and actor in the U.S. film industry. He is ...

* Eddie Parker *

Ken Terrell Kenneth Jones Terrell (April 29, 1904 – March 8, 1966) was an American western and action film actor and stuntman best known for playing Joe Marcelli in the 1956 film ''Indestructible Man ''Indestructible Man'' is a 1956 American cri ...

* Bud Wolfe

Special effects

The special Effects were created by the

Lydecker brothers Howard and Theodore Lydecker, always known—and billed—as such, were Howard "Babe" Lydecker (June 8, 1911 – September 26, 1969) and Theodore Lydecker (November 7, 1908 – May 25, 1990), a special effects team primarily working as contract ...

Release

Theatrical

''Dangers of the Canadian Mounteds official release date is 24 April 1948, although this is actually the date the sixth chapter was made available to film exchanges. This was followed by a re-release of ''

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'' instead of a new serial. The next new serial, ''

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'', followed in the autumn. The serial was re-released on 31 December 1956 between the similar re-releases of '' Federal Operator 99'' and ''

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''. The last original Republic serial release was '' King of the Carnival'' in 1955.

Television

''Dangers of the Canadian Mounted'' was one of twenty-six Republic serials re-released as a film on television in 1966. The title of the film was changed to ''R.C.M.P. and the Treasure of Genghis Khan''. This version was cut down to 100 minutes in length.

Chapter titles

# Legend of Genghis Khan (20min) # Key to the Legend (13min 20s) # Ghost Town (13min 20s) # Terror in the Sky (13min 20s) # Pursuit (13min 20s) # Stolen Cargo (13min 20s) # The Fatal Shot (13min 20s) # False Testimony (13min 20s) # The Prisoner Spy (13min 20s) # The Secret Meeting (13min 20s) - a re-cap chapter # Secret of the Altar (13min 20s) # Liquid Jewels (13min 20s) _Source:

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dangers of the Canadian Mounted 1948 films Northern (genre) films American black-and-white films 1940s English-language films Republic Pictures film serials Royal Canadian Mounted Police in fiction American action films 1940s action films Films directed by Yakima Canutt 1940s American films