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Columbia’s 12th serial of 57 total (following 1940’s “Deadwood Dick” and ahead of 1941’s “White Eagle”) is another of director’s James Horne’s “classics” where he evidently figured that the same reactions that served him well in Laurel and Hardy films would work well in action serials where he has all hands, heroes and villains alike, doing some kind of over-the top “take”, no matter the situation. This loose adaptation of an Edgar Wallace story finds Michael Bellamy (Kenne Duncan in his Kenneth Duncan period) inheriting Garr Castle, but his brother, Abel Bellamy (James Craven, as usual making Oil-Can Harry look smooth), has him imprisoned unjustly and moves into the castle himself. When Michael’s wife, Elaine Bellamy (Dorothy Fay), fails to return after visiting Abel, her sister Valerie Howett (Iris Meredith), accompanied by their father,
Original title The Green Archer
IMDb Rating 6.4 140 votes
TMDb Rating 6.5 3 votes
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Cast
Spike Holland
Valerie Howett
Abel Bellamy
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Elaine Bellamy
Parker Howett
Henchman Brad
Inspector Ross
Dinky Stone
Capt. Thompson
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