Spy Smasher (1942)Alan Armstrong, aka Spy Smasher, battles a Nazi villain known as The Mask, who heads a gang of saboteurs determined to spread destruction across America. Director:William WitneyWriters:Ronald Davidson (original screenplay), Norman S. Hall (original screenplay), 3 more credits » |
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Alan Armstrong /
Spy Smasher /
Jack Armstrong
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Eve Corby
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Adm. Corby
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Hans Schumm | ... |
The Mask
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Drake
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Franco Corsaro | ... |
Capt. Pierre Durand [Chs. 1-4]
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Hans von Morhart | ... |
Capt. Gerhardt [Chs. 1, 8, 12]
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Georges Renavent | ... |
Gov. LeComte [Ch. 3]
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Rudolph Anders | ... |
Dungeon Col. Von Kohr [Ch. 1]
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Henry Zynda | ... |
Ritter Lazar [Ch. 1]
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Crane
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Richard Bond | ... |
Henchman Hayes
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Crane Whitley | ... |
Hauser
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John James | ... |
Henchman Steve
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Alan Armstrong, aka Spy Smasher, battles a Nazi villain known as The Mask, who heads a gang of saboteurs determined to spread destruction across America.
Plot Keywords:
spy | dual role | evil man | bare chested male | bare chested male bondage |Taglines:
Suggested by the character SPY SMASHER, appearing in WHIZ COMICS magazine, copyright by Fawcett Publications, Inc---1940-1941-1942 (all original posters) See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
4 April 1942 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Spysmasher See more »Filming Locations:
Iverson Ranch - 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$156,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Technical Specs
Runtime:
(12 chapters)Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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Jack Armstrong: I'm mighty grateful.
Spy Smasher: That's all right. Jack.
Jack Armstrong: You know who I am?
Spy Smasher: I should. I'm your twin brother.
[Spy Smasher shows Jack his ring, which matches the wing Jack is wearing, and Jack suddenly recognizes Spy Smasher's identity]
Jack Armstrong: Alan! But I thought you were killed in that plane crash in France last year.
Spy Smasher: So did everyone, including the news agency I reported for. That's why I became Spy Smasher, to fight the Nazis on their own ground. Now it's ...
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based on Symphony No. 5 in C minor (Opus 67)
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
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Did You Know?
Trivia
The Mask was one of the few comic book/strip foes to appear in a serial. Except for Ming the Merciless, Luthor in Superman vs. Atom Man, and Laska/Leska from Blackhawk#31 in Blackhawk, very few serial adaptations featured foes from the original strips. See more »Quotes
[Spy Smasher has rescued Jack Armstrong from a Nazi spy]Jack Armstrong: I'm mighty grateful.
Spy Smasher: That's all right. Jack.
Jack Armstrong: You know who I am?
Spy Smasher: I should. I'm your twin brother.
[Spy Smasher shows Jack his ring, which matches the wing Jack is wearing, and Jack suddenly recognizes Spy Smasher's identity]
Jack Armstrong: Alan! But I thought you were killed in that plane crash in France last year.
Spy Smasher: So did everyone, including the news agency I reported for. That's why I became Spy Smasher, to fight the Nazis on their own ground. Now it's ...
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Crazy Credits
Opening credits are depicted as ...-, Morse code for V (victory), and the searchlights form a "V". See more »Soundtracks
Main Titlebased on Symphony No. 5 in C minor (Opus 67)
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
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This movie earns its 3 for lousy writing, poor technical merit and continuity problems. Some people have given this movie a 10--and perhaps that is okay if you are simply scoring it for its fun factor. However, technically this is an inept movie serial from start to finish--produced by 3rd-rate writers, actors and crew. That really was true of nearly all the serials because they were meant as low-brow entertainment particularly aimed at the kids. And there's nothing wrong with that, but "high art" it ain't!! Spy Smasher earns a lower than average score compared to other serials because it is of even lower quality and has MAJOR continuity problems--even for a serial. It was common for a serial to have a "cliff hanger"--i.e., a moment at the end of the episode that looked as if the good guy dies but miraculously survives when the next episode began. BUT, in this film, it's much hokier and ridiculous. You would literally SEE the hero die in the last episode, but in the next, they re-shot the scene and showed he actually DIDN'T die (even though they clearly showed him buy the farm in the last one)! Again and again in SPY SMASHER he seems to die but in the next episode they show it from a different angle and he somehow avoided death--even if he fell 1500 feet into a river, fell into a buzz saw or whatever.
Watch this movie not for its quality but either for a good laugh or to learn what it was like to go to the movies on Saturday mornings decades ago.
By the way, a heavily edited version of this film was released in 1966 as a full-length film. Almost 2/3 of the original film was tossed but the new product did make more sense and lacked the impossible escapes that made the original laughable at times. Well worth seeing if you don't want to devote 3 1/2 hours to seeing the entire serial.