A famous scientist and his beautiful daughter travel to Indochina to find an ivory disc that has the formula for a deadly gas engraved on it. An evil doctor and his gang are also looking for it.
Is this thing worth your time? Look, if you have a soft spot for grainy, black-and-white serials where people constantly get tied to things, you’ll dig it. If you need tight, modern editing or a story that makes sense in 2024, skip it and go watch The Valley of the Giants instead. It’s not for everyone, mostly because ...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Ray Taylor
Maurice Campbell
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"Is this thing worth your time? Look, if you have a soft spot for grainy, black-and-white serials where people constantly get tied to things, you’ll dig it. If you need tight, modern editing or a story that makes sense in 2024, skip it and go watch The Valley of the Giants instead. It’s not for everyone, mostly because it’s not trying to be. The whole thing feels like it was filmed in someone’s backyard in 1933. You’ve got the classic trope of the ivory disc—which is just a fancy way of saying “..."
Pat O'Malley
Basil Dickey, George H. Plympton, Jack Foley, Ella O'Neill, Charles W. Goddard
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