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DOC SAVAGE: A COLUMBIA SERIAL IN 15 CHAPTERS

Producer: Larry Darmour

Director: James W. Horne

Photography: James S. Brown, Jr.

Script: Basil Dickey

George H. Plympton

Wyndham Gittens

Music: Lee Zahler

Cast:

Doc Savage: Larry “Buster” Crabbe

Pat Savage: Iris Meredith

Tarnack: James Craven

Natalia: Veda Ann Borg

Renny: Roy Barcroft

Ham: Tristram Coffin

Monk: Charles King

Long Tom: Guy Wilkerson

Johnny: William Bakewell

Brown: Ray Teal

Taylor: Al Ferguson

Butch: Jack Ingram

Karl: George Magrill

Wheeler: Dick Botiller

Meeks: Kit Guard

Lyle: Lester Dorr

DA Warwick: Forbes Murray

Inspector Nolan: Robert Fiske

Judge Watkins: Selmer Jackson

Tuka: Al Kikume

Narrator: Knox Manning

Recap: “Doc Savage, fearless Champion of Justice, has returned from the North Pole to discover that Tarnack is using his Sonic Vibrator Gun to rob banks. Creating a Sonic Vibrator Gun detector, Doc and his Fabulous Five track them to another robbery!”

CHAPTER 8: HERO ON TRIAL

Doc and the Fab Five surprise Tarnack’s men in the middle of emptying a bank vault. A fight breaks out with Doc and his men getting the better of the scared gangsters. Suddenly Tarnack appears out of the shadows with one of Doc’s dart guns. He expertly shoots Doc and his five friends.

The sight of his enemies helpless causes Tarnack to gloat until he sees that the Sonic Vibrator Gun was damaged in the fight. He starts to berate his men for their stupidity, but then stops when he hears a police siren approaching in the distance. Tarnack gets a crafty look on his face, sets the Sonic Vibrator Gun to explode, then hurriedly leaves with his men and the loot.

Doc and his men suddenly jump to their feet. Quickly seeing that the gun is about to self destruct, Doc gets his friends into the vault and pulls the door closed after them. The machine starts emitting a loud whine that builds and builds until it explodes in a huge shower of sparks.

Doc pushes the door back open and they climb out of the vault, Monk commenting that it’s a good thing Doc had them all immunized against their own dart guns. Just then Inspector Nolan arrives and demands to know what is going on. As Doc tries to explain, Nolan immediately latches onto the concept that the gun causing the robberies belongs to Doc and promptly arrests him. He is about to arrest the Fab Five as well, but Doc says they were all innocent bystanders and had nothing to do with the robberies. Ham immediately steps forward as Doc’s attorney and goes with him to the police station.

News of Doc’s arrest is broadcast. Tarnack and his men hear it over the radio. Tarnack has a nice chuckle of the irony of Doc being tried for the crimes he and his men have been committing. Natalia voices concern about Doc getting off, after all Ham is the shrewdest criminal attorney in the country. Tarnack scoffs at her concerns and plans to have a good seat at the trial.

The trial opens with a scathing indictment of Doc from D.A. Warwick, who paints a nasty picture of Doc and his exploits. During the course of the trial Ham expertly dismantles the D.A.’s case, and after bringing to light that the money stolen from the bank was not on Doc or any of the men with him at the bank, Doc is found not guilty. Judge Watkins releases Doc, a free man.

Natalia leans over to Tarnack and whispers that she told him so. Tarnack whispers back to shut up, he has a back up plan put in place just in case this happened. Doc and his friends are leaving the courthouse all smiles, congratulating both Doc and Ham. A man on a roof top aims a rifle at Doc and shoots. Doc grabs his chest and collapses on the ground.

“Can the Fabulous Five carry on alone? Why is Pat fixing Natalia’s hair? All pretty girls do have to look their best after all. Be sure to see THE PIT OF DOOM, Chapter 9 of DOC SAVAGE at this theater next week!”

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DOC SAVAGE: A COLUMBIA SERIAL IN 15 CHAPTERS

Producer: Larry Darmour
Director: James W. Horne
Photography: James S. Brown, Jr.
Script: Basil Dickey
George H. Plympton
Wyndham Gittens
Music: Lee Zahler

Cast:

Doc Savage: Larry “Buster” Crabbe
Pat Savage: Iris Meredith
Tarnack: James Craven
Natalia: Veda Ann Borg
Renny: Roy Barcroft
Ham: Tristram Coffin
Monk: Charles King
Long Tom: Guy Wilkerson
Johnny: William Bakewell
Brown: Ray Teal
Taylor: Al Ferguson
Butch: Jack Ingram
Karl: George Magrill
Wheeler: Dick Botiller
Meeks: Kit Guard
Lyle: Lester Dorr
DA Warwick: Forbes Murray
Inspector Nolan: Robert Fiske
Judge Watkins: Selmer Jackson
Tuka: Al Kikume
Narrator: Knox Manning

Recap: “Doc Savage, fearless Champion of Justice, fights a never ending battle against the criminal underworld! Doc and his Fabulous Five are pursuing master criminal Tarnack, who has stolen some of Doc’s fantastic inventions, and are unaware of the danger that awaits ahead of them on the arctic trail!”

CHAPTER 7: SONIC CRIME WAVE

Natalia come up beside Tarnack and cracks that if everyone is through playing around they might be interested in the weird sleds that are coming up in the distance. Tarnack’s eyes almost pop out of his head as he turns to see Doc and his men on their pursuit vehicles. His immediate fear is quickly replaced by evil cunning as he spots that they will have to round a bend that hangs over a cliff to get to him.

Shouldering the Sonic Vibrator Gun, Tarnack gloats that he has found the perfect test for his new weapon. Moving to a better vantage point, Tarnack aims the gun at the path in front of where Doc and his men will have pass over to get around the mountain and fires the weapon. The sonic vibrations set up by the gun cause the cliff edge to crumble and collapse just and Doc and the Fab Five start to cross it. The six men tumble helplessly into a deep chasm to their apparent doom.

The snow lays in large heaps at the bottom of the chasm. Slowly it starts to move as Doc and his friends laboriously dig themselves free. Brushing snow off themselves, they find everybody is unhurt. Doc and the Fab Five then start the long climb back up to the trail. Once up top they find that Tarnack and his men are long gone. Doc and his men head on down the trail on foot, Monk and Ham arguing with each other the entire way. Coming to Tuka’s village, they are greeted warmly by the tribe and supplied with dogs and sleds to get back to civilization.

Newspaper headlines declare a new crime wave has hit the city. Several banks have been robbed with a strange device that causes the locks on vault doors to crack apart. Tarnack is ecstatic as he reads the reports of his gang’s exploits. Natalia comes in and reports that Doc was seen arriving in town. Tarnack immediately glares at his men and calls them all idiots for allowing him to live. When Brown defensively says that it was Tarnack who was handling the gun, Tarnack roars for him to shut up.

All of the men back away into a corner and cower as Tarnack goes a mini-tirade. While the men all visibly shake in their shows during this, Natalia is obviously unimpressed. As Tarnack finally loses steam she asks him what he’s going to do now as Doc will find a way to put their stolen equipment out of order. Tarnack glowers at her for a moment then suddenly smiles and cryptically says he already has a plan to prevent that.

Doc is convinced that the robberies are being committed by Tarnack using the Sonic Vibrator Gun he stole from the Fortress of Solitude. Long Tom, who helped Doc build it, cobbles together a Sonic Vibrator Detector. The six men settle down and wait for the gang to use their stolen invention again. The Detector goes off a few nights later. Doc and his men use it to track down the gang as they are in the act of robbing a bank.

Doc and the Fab Five surprise Tarnack’s men in the middle of emptying a bank vault. A fight breaks out with Doc and his men getting the better of the scared gangsters. Suddenly Tarnack appears out of the shadows with one of Doc’s dart guns. He expertly shots Doc and his five friends.

The sight of his enemies lying helplessly unconscious causes Tarnack to gloat until he sees that the Sonic Vibrator Gun was damaged in the fight. He starts to berate his men for their stupidity, but then stops when he hears a police siren approaching in the distance. Tarnack gets a crafty look on his face, sets the Sonic Vibrator Gun to overload, then hurriedly leaves with his men and the money. The machine begins emitting a loud whine that builds and builds until it explodes in a huge shower of sparks.

“Does Tarnack now have free reign to loot the city at will? And what is Tarnack doing in this court room? Surely he isn’t planning on taking over City Hall! Find out in HERO ON TRIAL, the Eighth spine tingling episode of DOC SAVAGE, at this theater next week!”

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DOC SAVAGE: A COLUMBIA SERIAL IN 15 CHAPTERS

Producer: Larry Darmour
Director: James W. Horne
Photography: James S. Brown, Jr.
Script: Basil Dickey
George H. Plympton
Wyndham Gittens
Music: Lee Zahler

Cast:

Doc Savage: Larry “Buster” Crabbe
Pat Savage: Iris Meredith
Tarnack: James Craven
Natalia: Veda Ann Borg
Renny: Roy Barcroft
Ham: Tristram Coffin
Monk: Charles King
Long Tom: Guy Wilkerson
Johnny: William Bakewell
Brown: Ray Teal
Taylor: Al Ferguson
Butch: Jack Ingram
Karl: George Magrill
Wheeler: Dick Botiller
Meeks: Kit Guard
Lyle: Lester Dorr
DA Warwick: Forbes Murray
Inspector Nolan: Robert Fiske
Judge Watkins: Selmer Jackson
Tuka: Al Kikume
Narrator: Knox Manning

Recap: “Doc Savage and his Fabulous Five fight to defend the world from evil world conquerors and master criminals! Doc and his men race for his famed Fortress of Solitude to prevent criminal mastermind Tarnack from looting it of valuable scientific inventions to use for his own nefarious ends, unaware that he has already beaten them there and is planning an ambush!”

CHAPTER 6: PLUNGE TO DESTRUCTION

Doc and the Fab Five arrive at the Fortress. He presses his hand against a panel, explaining that only his hand print can open the hidden door to the Fortress. Once it is open and the men enter, Tarnack and his men rush into the opening before it can close and engage in furious battle. Surprisingly, for once, the henchmen overpower the good guys, and they are all knocked unconscious. Tarnack has his men gather up several devices, then he has Doc and his friends dragged to Doc’s lab. Tarnack mixes up a deadly gas, then releases it in the lab. Laughing in triumph, Tarnack leaves, locking the door behind him.

As the fumes start the fill the room, Monk comes to first, coughing and sputtering, he mutters that he recognizes the alkaloid base of the gas and quickly mixes a counter gas. Monk’s concoction quickly dissipates the deadly gas in the room, helping to revive the others in the process.

While the others are gathering themselves up, Renny punches open the door. Doc bemusedly mentions that he had the key in his pocket. Renny apologizes, wisecracking that he would have done it anyway, punching holes in doors is his hobby. After sharing a quick laugh at this, the heroes dust themselves off and proceed to search the Fortress.

Tarnack is long gone. Johnny and Long Tom are all for heading after him immediately, but Doc feels it is more important to find out what was taken first so that they know just what they are up against. While they others grumble about doing inventory work, Ham jumps into it enthusiastically, saying he is in his métier.

Once that is completed, Doc unveils his latest invention, several two man super jet powered sleds that will quickly catch them up to Tarnack and his gang, who are utilizing ordinary dog sleds. Reving them up, Doc and the Fab Five speed off in pursuit of Tarnack.

Tarnack has made camp for the night and is examining the fabulous inventions he has stolen, chortling about the plans he has for them. Butch comments that he’ll be a big man now that they have these machines, prompting Taylor to snap back, “What do you mean you’ll be a big man!” The argument quickly evolves into a shoving match that escalates into a full blown fist fight. Tarnack angrily puts a stop to their shenanigans by proclaiming himself to be the only big man there and if they have any doubts he is more than willing to make them the first test subject for the Sonic Vibrator Gun he is holding in his hands. The men all meekly apologize.

Natalia come up beside Tarnack and cracks that if everyone is through playing around they might be interested in the weird sleds that are coming up in the distance. Tarnack’s eyes almost pop out of his head as he turns to see Doc and his men on their pursuit vehicles. His immediate fear is quickly replaced by evil cunning as he spots that they will have to round a bend that hangs over a cliff to get to him.

Shouldering the Sonic Vibrator Gun, Tarnack gloats that he has found the perfect test for his new weapon. Moving to a better vantage point, Tarnack aims the gun at the path in front of where Doc and his men will have pass over to get around the mountain and fires the weapon. The sonic vibrations set up by the gun cause the cliff edge to crumble and collapse just and Doc and the Fab Five start to cross it. The six men tumble helplessly into a deep chasm to their apparent doom.

“Has Tarnack finally succeeded in getting rid of Doc and the Fabulous Five? Will Pat Savage be the only one left to stand against the criminals’ attack on the city? What use is Tarnack planning to make of his stolen inventions? Find out in SONIC CRIME WAVE! The Seventh Thrill Packed Episode of DOC SAVAGE, at this theater next week!”

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