''Dangers of the Canadian Mounted'' is a 1948 Northern

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film serial.

Plot

A criminal gang discovers a

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treasure ship on the Canada-Alaska border. However, the treasure itself is hidden on land. In their efforts to find the hidden riches, they resort to murder and sabotage to stop the construction of the Alcan highway which will bring homesteaders to the area. Sergeant Christopher 'Chris' Royal of the

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and his allies battle their way to find the crooks, and to learn the identity of their mysterious leader known only as 'The Boss'.

Cast

* Jim Bannon as Sergeant Christopher 'Chris' Royal, RCMP * Virginia Belmont as Roberta "Bobbie" Page * Anthony Warde as Mort Fowler *

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as Skagway Kate * Bill Van Sickel as Dan Page * Tom Steele as Fagan/Carter/Truck Driver/Lou/Sloane/Spike *

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as Boyd/Pete/Bart/Scott/Steele

Production

''Dangers of the Canadian Mounted'' was budgeted at $150,038 although the final negative cost was $150,130 (a $92, or 0.1%, overspend). It was filmed between 7 October and 28 October 1947. The serial's production number was 1699.

Stunts

* Tom Steele as Sergeant Chris Royal (doubling Jim Bannon) *

as Mort Fowler (doubling Anthony Warde) *

Carey Loftin William Carey Loftin (January 31, 1914 – March 4, 1997, a.k.a. Cary Loftin, Carry Loftin, Carey Lofton, Gary Loftin, William Carey Loftin) was an American professional stunt double, stuntman, stunt coordinator and actor in the U.S. film ind ...

* Eddie Parker * Ken Terrell * Bud Wolfe

Special effects

The special Effects were created by the Lydecker brothers.

Release

Theatrical

''Dangers of the Canadian Mounteds official release date is 24 April 1948, although this is actually the date the sixth chapter was made available to film exchanges. This was followed by a re-release of '' Dick Tracy Returns'' instead of a new serial. The next new serial, '' Adventures of Frank and Jesse James'', followed in the autumn. The serial was re-released on 31 December 1956 between the similar re-releases of '' Federal Operator 99'' and '' The Purple Monster Strikes''. The last original Republic serial release was '' King of the Carnival'' in 1955.

Television

''Dangers of the Canadian Mounted'' was one of twenty-six Republic serials re-released as a film on television in 1966. The title of the film was changed to ''R.C.M.P. and the Treasure of Genghis Khan''. This version was cut down to 100 minutes in length.

Chapter titles

# Legend of Genghis Khan (20min) # Key to the Legend (13min 20s) # Ghost Town (13min 20s) # Terror in the Sky (13min 20s) # Pursuit (13min 20s) # Stolen Cargo (13min 20s) # The Fatal Shot (13min 20s) # False Testimony (13min 20s) # The Prisoner Spy (13min 20s) # The Secret Meeting (13min 20s) - a re-cap chapter # Secret of the Altar (13min 20s) # Liquid Jewels (13min 20s) _Source:

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dangers of the Canadian Mounted 1948 films Northern (genre) films American black-and-white films 1940s English-language films Republic Pictures film serials Films about the Royal Canadian Mounted Police American action films 1940s action films Films directed by Yakima Canutt 1940s American films Cultural depictions of Genghis Khan English-language action films