list of film serials
1950s
Table:
Production Company

Title

Chapters

Genre

Director

Cast

Notes

1950

Columbia Pictures

Cody of the Pony Express

15

Western

Spencer Gordon Bennet

Jock Mahoney

Atom Man vs. Superman

15

Superhero

Spencer Gordon Bennet

Kirk Alyn, Noel Neill

Pirates of the High Seas

15

Maritime

Spencer Gordon Bennet

Buster Crabbe

Great Britain Instructional

The Mystery of the Snakeskin Belt

Frank Cadman

British; Last independent serial

Republic Pictures

The Invisible Monster

12

Science fiction

Fred C. Brannon

Richard Webb

Desperadoes of the West

12

Western

Fred C. Brannon

Richard Powers (Tom Keene)

Flying Disc Man from Mars

12

Science fiction

Fred C. Brannon

Walter Reed

1951

Columbia Pictures

Roar of the Iron Horse

15

Western

Spencer Gordon Bennet

Jock Mahoney

Mysterious Island

15

Science fiction

Spencer Gordon Bennet

Richard Crane

Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere

15

Science fiction

Spencer Gordon Bennet

Judd Holdren

Only serial adapted from a television programme

Republic Pictures

Don Daredevil Rides Again

12

Western

Fred C. Brannon

Ken Curtis

Includes footage from Zorro's Black Whip

Government Agents vs. Phantom Legion

12

Spy

Fred C. Brannon

Walter Reed

1952

Columbia Pictures

King of the Congo

15

Jungle

Spencer Gordon Bennet

Buster Crabbe

Blackhawk

15

Aviation

Spencer Gordon Bennet

Kirk Alyn

Son of Geronimo

15

Western

Spencer Gordon Bennet

Clayton Moore

Republic Pictures

Radar Men from the Moon

12

Science fiction

Fred C. Brannon

George D. Wallace

Zombies of the Stratosphere

12

Science fiction

Fred C. Brannon

Judd Holdren, Leonard Nimoy

1953

Columbia Pictures

The Lost Planet

15

Science fiction

Spencer Gordon Bennet

Judd Holdren

The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd

15

Maritime

Derwin Abrahams and Charles S. Gould

Richard Crane

Republic Pictures

Jungle Drums of Africa

12

Jungle

Fred C. Brannon

Phyllis Coates, Clayton Moore

Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe

12

Science fiction

Franklin Adreon and Fred C. Brannon

Judd Holdren and Richard Crane

Not technically a serial - produced as a television series but initially released as a serial

Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders

12

Northern spy

Franklin Adreon

Bill Henry

1954

Columbia Pictures

Gunfighters of the Northwest

15

Northern

Spencer Gordon Bennet

Clayton Moore

Riding with Buffalo Bill

15

Western

Spencer Gordon Bennet

Marshall Reed

Includes footage from Deadwood Dick

Republic Pictures

Trader Tom of the China Seas

12

Maritime

Franklin Adreon

Phyllis Coates, Harry Lauter

Man with the Steel Whip

12

Western

Franklin Adreon

Richard Simmons

Includes footage from Zorro's Black Whip

1955

Columbia Pictures

The Adventures of Captain Africa

15

Jungle

Spencer Gordon Bennet

John Hart

Intended as a sequel to The Phantom; includes footage from The Phantom, Jungle Menace, and The Desert Hawk

Republic Pictures

Panther Girl of the Kongo

12

Jungle

Franklin Adreon

Phyllis Coates

Includes footage from Perils of Nyoka

King of the Carnival

12

Crime

Franklin Adreon

Harry Lauter

Last Republic serial. Includes footage from Daredevils of the Red Circle

1956

Columbia Pictures

Perils of the Wilderness

15

Western

Spencer Gordon Bennet

Dennis Moore

includes footage from Perils of the Royal Mounted

Blazing the Overland Trail

15

Western

Spencer Gordon Bennet

Dennis Moore, Lee Roberts

Last Columbia serial; last major-studio serial. Includes footage from White Eagle

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