Secret Agent X-9 (1945 serial)


Secret Agent X-9 is a 1945 Universal movie serial based on the comic strip Secret Agent X-9. It was the second serial with this name, the first was released by Universal in 1937.

Plot

On a neutral island in the Pacific called Shadow Island, run by American gangster Lucky Kamber, both sides in World War II attempt to control the secret of element 722, which can be used to create synthetic aviation fuel.

Cast

Secret Agent X-9 was based on the comic strip Secret Agent X-9 by Dashiell Hammett, Leslie Charteris and others. It was Universal's last comic strip adaptation. The serial reuses footage and Frank Skinner's score from Universal's Gung Ho!.

Stunts

  1. Torpedo Rendezvous
  2. Ringed by Fire
  3. Death Curve
  4. Floodlight Murder
  5. Doom Downgrade
  6. Strafed by a Zero
  7. High Pressure Deadline
  8. The Dropping Floor
  9. The Danger Point
  10. Japanese Burial
  11. Fireworks for Deadmen
  12. Big Gun Fusillade
  13. Zero Minute
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