Trader Tom of the China Seas

Trader Tom of the China Seas 1954 is a Republic film serial. In 1966 the serial was edited into a 100minute television film with the new title Target Sea of China.

Trader Tom of the China Seas was budgeted at 172,789 although the final negative cost was 169,248 a 3,541, or 2, under spend. It was the cheapest Republic serial of 1954. It was filmed betweenSeptember andSeptember 1953. The serials production number was 1937.Trader Tom of the China Seass official release date isJanuary 1954, although this is actually the date the sixth chapter was made available to film exchanges. This was followed by a rerelease of Secret Service in Darkest Africa, retitled as Manhunt in the African Jungles, instead of a new serial. The next new serial, Man with the Steel Whip, followed in the summer. ........

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