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Captain America Serial Cliffhanger

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Captain America (1944) is a Republic black-and-white serial film based (loosely) on the comic book character Captain America. It was the last Republic serial made about a superhero. It also has the distinction of being the most expensive serial that Republic ever made.

The serial sees Captain America, really District Attorney Grant Gardner, trying to thwart the plans of The Scarab, really museum curator Dr. Cyrus Maldor - especially regarding his attempts to acquire the "Dynamic Vibrator" and "Electronic Firebolt", devices that could be used as super-weapons.

In a rare plot element for Republic, the secret identity of the villain is known to the audience from the beginning, if not to the characters in the serial. The studio's usual approach was the use of a mystery villain who was only unmasked as one of the other supporting characters in the final chapter.

 

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Captain America

Chapter 1 The Purple Death (25min 40s)

Chapter 2 Mechanical Executioner (15min 38s)

Chapter 3 The Scarlet Shroud (15min 33s)

Chapter 4 Preview of Murder (15min 33s)

Chapter 5 Blade of Wrath (15min 33s)

Chapter 6 Vault of Vengeance (15min 33s)

Chapter 7 Wholesale Destruction (15min 34s)

Chapter 8 Cremation in the Clouds (15min 33s)

Chapter 9 Triple Tragedy (15min 33s)

Chapter 10 The Avenging Corpse (15min 33s)

Chapter 11 The Dead Man Returns (15min 33s)

Chapter 12 Horror on the Highway (15min 34s)

Chapter 13 Skyscraper Plunge (15min 33s)

Chapter 14 The Scarab Strikes (15min 32s)

Chapter 15 The Toll of Doom (15min 33s)

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