The comics’ crimefighting prestidigitator comes to the screen in this thrill-laden serial, as Mandrake (Warren Hull) and his African sidekick Lothar (Al Kikume) help a noted scientist protect his radium-energy machine from a sinister criminal genius known as the Wasp. Doris Weston, Forbes Murray co-star.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
315680
Language
English
Audience classification
PG
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Comic strip characters in motion pictures
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion picture serials
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Adventure and adventurers
Courtroom, Crime, Espionage & Thrillers
Courtroom, Crime, Espionage & Thrillers → Crime films
Feature films → Feature films - United States
History → Adventure and adventurers
Literature → Comic strip characters in motion pictures
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)