An internationally-notorious criminal scientist returns to the US to sell his latest invention, a disintegrating gas, to a foreign power. When he arrives, however, he is spotted by a young Coast Guard man, whom he kills - and thus earns the enmity of the entire US Coast Guard, but especially the murdered Guardsman's older brother who, together with his reporter-girlfriend and her comical photographer, vigorously sets to tracking him down and interfering with his plans to develop the city-melting gas in quantity. A Republic Serial in 12 Chapters.
Genre: Science Fiction, Action
Stars: Bela Lugosi, Ralph Byrd, Maxine Doyle, Richard Alexander, Lee Ford, Herbert Rawlinson
Crew: William Witney (Director), Alan James (Director), Franklin Adreon (Screenplay), Helene Turner (Editor), Sol C. Siegel (Associate Producer), Terry Kellum (Sound Engineer)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: Republic Pictures
Runtime: 224 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Aug 28, 1937
IMDb: 6.3
