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The Crimson Ghost (1946) is a Republic film serial directed by Fred C. Brannon and William Witney with Charles Quigley and Linda Stirling playing the leads. This was Witney's last serial, after a career that left him one of the most praised of all serial directors. The serial was re-released as a six-episode television series in the 1950s and as a television film called Cyclotrode "X" in 1966. In the 1990s The Crimson Ghost was one of only two Republic serials to be colorised.
Directors:
Fred C. Brannon
William Witney
Cast:
Charles Quigley ... Duncan Richards
Linda Stirling ... Diana Farnsworth
Clayton Moore ... Ashe
Forrest Taylor ... Prof. Van Wyck
Plot: A criminal mastermind known as The Crimson Ghost is out to steal a device called the Cyclotrode, which can short-circuit all electrical current on the planet.
Chapter titles:
1. Atomic Peril (20 min)
2. Thunderbolt (13min 20s)
3. The Fatal Sacrifice (13min 20s)
4. The Laughing Skull (13min 20s)
5. Flaming Death (13min 20s)
6. Mystery of the Mountain (13min 20s)
7. Electrocution (13min 20s)
8. The Slave Collar (13min 20s) - a re-cap chapter
9. Blazing Fury (13min 20s)
10. The Trap that Failed (13min 20s)
11. Double Murder (13min 20s)
12. The Invisible Trail (13min 20s)
Trivia: The Misfits adapted his visage as their skull logo and he has appeared in an Iron Maiden video.