The Green Archer (1940 serial)

The Green Archer is the 12th serial released by Columbia Pictures. It was based on Edgar Wallaces 1923 novel The Green Archer, which had previously been adapted into the silent serial of the same name in 1925 by Path Exchange.

This serial is an example of a fifteenepisode production that could have been rented for a twelveepisode run, as three episodes use an entirely selfcontained subplot concerning the theft of a synthetic radium formula.The script was written by Morgan B. Cox, John Cutting, and Jesse A. Duffy. Director James W. Horne also contributed to the script, which often emphasizes tongueincheek comedy. Under Hornes direction, the heroes and villains exaggerate the melodrama James Craven is enjoyably florid as the villain, and his henchmen also play for laughs, with comedian Fred Kelsey cast as a very dumb detective. In one scene some of the crooks are shown playing tiddlywinks. ........

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