''Sea Raiders'' is a 1941 Universal

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starring the Dead End Kids and

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. This was the teen stars' second of three serials, between '' Junior G-Men'' (1940) and '' Junior G-Men of the Air'' (1942). ''Sea Raiders'' was the 52nd serial to be released by Universal (or the 120th if silent serials are counted). The plot concerns the heroes foiling

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attacks on American shipping.

Plot

The Sea Raiders, a band of foreign agents, led by Carl Tonjes, and secretly by Elliott Carlton, blow up a freighter on which Billy Adams and Toby Nelson have stowed away to avoid Brack Warren, a harbor patrol officer assigned to guard a new type of torpedo boat built by Billy's brother, Tom Adams. Intended targets or not, getting blown up does not set well with Billy and Toby and, together with their gang coupled with the members of the Little Tough Guys, they find the Sea Raiders' island hideout, investigate the seacoast underground arsenal of these saboteurs, get blasted from the air, dragged to their doom, become victims of the storm, entombed in a tunnel and even periled by a panther before they don the uniforms of some captured Sea Raiders and board a yacht that serves as headquarters for the Raiders.

Cast

The Dead End Kids and the Little Tough Guys

* Billy Halop as Billy Adams *

Huntz Hall Henry Richard "Huntz" Hall (August 15, 1920 – January 30, 1999) was an American radio, stage, and movie performer who appeared in the popular " Dead End Kids" movies, including '' Angels with Dirty Faces'' (1938), and in the later " Bower ...

as Toby Nelson *

Gabriel Dell Gabriel Dell (born Gabriel Marcel Dell Vecchio; October 8, 1919 – July 3, 1988) was an American actor and one of the members of what came to be known as the Dead End Kids, then later the East Side Kids and finally The Bowery Boys. Acting c ...

as Bilge *

Bernard Punsly Bernard Punsly (July 11, 1923 – January 20, 2004) was an American actor who later left show business to become a physician. His last name was often spelled incorrectly in film credits as Punsley. Early life and acting career Punsly was born on ...

as Butch * Hally Chester as Swab * Joe Recht as Lug

Additional principal cast

Reed Hadley Reed Hadley (born Reed Herring, June 25, 1911 – December 11, 1974) was an American film, television and radio actor. Early life Hadley was born in Petrolia, Texas, to Bert Herring, an oil well driller, and his wife Minnie. Hadley had on ...

as Carl Tonjes * William Hall as Brack Warren *

Mary Field Mary Field (born Olivia Rockefeller; June 10, 1909 – June 12, 1996) was an American film actress who primarily appeared in supporting roles. Early life She was born in New York City. As a child, she never knew her biological parents; ...

as Aggie Nelson * John McGuire as Tom Adams * Marcia Ralston as Leah Carlton * Edward Keane as Elliott Carlton *

Stanley Blystone William Stanley Blystone (August 1, 1894 – July 16, 1956) was an American film actor who made more than 500 films appearances between 1924 and 1956. He was sometimes billed as William Blystone or William Stanley. Early years Blystone was ...

as Captain Olaf Nelson, chief henchman * Richard Alexander as Henchman Jenkins * Ernie Adams as Henchman Zeke

Production

Stunts

Bud Geary Bud Geary (February 15, 1898 – February 22, 1946), was an American film actor. He appeared in 258 films between years 1920 and 1946. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah and died in Hollywood, California, aged 48. Partial filmography * ...

* Eddie Parker doubling Eddie Dunn * Tom Steele doubling Reed Hadley *

Dale Van Sickel Dale Harris Van Sickel (November 29, 1907 – January 25, 1977) was an American college football, basketball and baseball player during the 1920s, who later became a Hollywood motion picture actor and stunt performer for over forty years. Va ...

* Bud Wolfe doubling Richard Bond, Morgan Wallace & John McGuire * Duke York doubling Huntz Hall

Chapter titles

# The Raider Strikes # Flaming Torture # The Tragic Crash # The Raider Strikes Again # Flames of Fury # Blasted from the Air # Victims of the Storm # Dragged to Their Doom # Battling the Sea Beast # Periled by a Panther # Entombed in the Tunnel # Paying the Penalty _Source:

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sea Raiders 1941 films American World War II propaganda films American black-and-white films 1940s English-language films Universal Pictures film serials Seafaring films Films directed by Ford Beebe Films directed by John Rawlins 1941 adventure films American adventure films