Blackhawk (serial)

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Blackhawk (1947) is a Columbia movie serial based on the comic book Blackhawk now owned by DC Comics. The serial's subtitle was "Fearless Champion of Freedom". It was the studio's 49th serial.

It stars Kirk Alyn as Blackhawk and Carol Forman as the foreign spy whom the Blackhawks must prevent from stealing the experimental super-fuel "Element-X". Alyn and Forman were also the hero and villain, respectively, of Columbia's earlier Superman. This serial was produced by the famously cheap Sam Katzman and directed by the team of Spencer Gordon Bennet and Fred F. Sears. It is considered a relatively cheap and lacklustre serial, produced in the waning years of the serial medium.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Reception
4 Chapter titles
5 External links

Plot

The Blackhawks must prevent the villainous Leader's plots to steal technology.

Cast

Kirk Alyn as Blackhawk, the "Fearless Champion of Freedom"
Carol Forman as Laska, foreign spy working for The Leader
John Crawford as Chuck
Michael Fox as Mr Case/The Leader
Don Harvey as Olaf
Rick Vallin as Stan (a Blackhawk) and his twin Boris (an agent of The Leader)
Larry Stewart as Andre
Weaver Levy as Chop
Zon Murray as Bork
Nick Stuart as Cress
Marshall Reed as Aller
Pierce Lyden as D

Reception

As a serial of the 1950s, this was produced after the medium's heyday. The serials of this time were generally inferior to those that had been made in the previous decade.