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The Master Key
Directed by	Lewis D. Collins Ray Taylor
Produced by	Morgan Cox
Written by	Jack Natteford Dwight V. Babcock Joseph O'Donnell George H. Plympton Ande Lamb
Starring	Milburn Stone Jan Wiley Dennis Moore Addison Richards Byron Foulger Maris Wrixon
Editing by	Irving Birnbaum Jack Dolan Ace Herman Alvin Todd Edgar Zane
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	1945
Running time	13 chapters (226 min)
Country	United States
Language	English

The Master Key (1945) is a Universal movie serial.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
- 3.1 Stunts
4 Chapter titles
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

Plot

Nazi spies, led by the mysterious "Master Key", kidnap Professor Henderson in order to acquire his "Orotron machine" which is capable of extracting gold from sea water. FBI agent Tom Brant, aided by reporter Janet Lowe and Detective Lt. Jack Ryan, attempt to rescue him and crack the Nazi spy ring.

Cast

Milburn Stone as FBI Agent Tom Brant
Jan Wiley as Janet Lowe, a reporter
Dennis Moore as Detective Lt. Jack Ryan
Addison Richards as Gerhard Doenitz, alias Garret Donahue, private investigator and Nazi agent
Byron Foulger as Professor Elwood Henderson
Maris Wrixon as Dorothy Newton
Sarah Padden as Aggie
George Lynn as Herman, the "Spearpoint Heavy" (chief henchman)
Russell Hicks as Police Chief Michael J. O'Brien
Roland Varno as Arnold "Hoff" Hoffman, alias M-3
Lash La Rue as Migsy, a street urchin. This was La Rue's screen debut.^[1]
Jerry Shane as Dan, boys' club member
Neyle Morrow as Spike, boys' club member
John Eldredge as Walter Stark, alias M-6

Production

Stunts

Carl Mathews
David Sharpe
Tom Steele
Ken Terrell
Dale Van Sickel

Chapter titles

Trapped by Flames
Death Turns the Wheel
Ticket to Disaster
Drawbridge Danger
Runaway Car
Shot Down
Death on the Dial
Bullet Serenade
On Stage for Murder
Fatal Masquerade
Crash Curve
Lightning Underground
The Last Key

_Source:^[2]

References

^ Wollstein, Hans J.. "The Master Key > Overview". Allmovie. Macrovision Corporation. http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:31724~T0. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
^ Cline, William C.. "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc.. pp. pp. 240. ISBN 078640471X.

External links

The Master Key at the Internet Movie Database
The Master Key at Allmovie

Preceded by Jungle Queen (1945)	Universal Serial The Master Key (1945)	Succeeded by Secret Agent X-9 (1945)

Universal serials

Serials

Silent Serials (1914-1929)	Lucille Love, Girl of Mystery • The Master Key • The Trey o' Hearts • The Black Box • The Broken Coin • Graft • Under the Crescent • The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring • Liberty • The Mystery Ship • The Red Ace • The Gray Ghost • The Voice on the Wire • The Brass Bullet • Bull's Eye • The Lion's Claws • Lure of the Circus • The Red Glove • The Great Radium Mystery • The Lion Man • The Midnight Man • The Flaming Disc • The Moon Riders • King of the Circus • The Vanishing Dagger • The Dragon's Net • The Diamond Queen • Do or Die • The Secret Four • Terror Trail • The White Horseman • Winners of the West • The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe • In the Days of Buffalo Bill • Perils of the Yukon • The Radio King • With Stanley in Africa • Around the World in Eighteen Days • Beasts of Paradise • The Eagle's Talons • The Ghost City • In the Days of Daniel Boone • The Oregon Trail • The Phantom Fortune • The Social Buccaneer • The Steel Trail • The Fast Express • The Fighting Ranger • The Iron Man • The Riddle Rider • Wolves of the North • Ace of Spades • The Great Circus Mystery • The Scarlet Streak • Fighting with Buffalo Bill • Strings of Steel • The Winking Idol • Blake of Scotland Yard • The Fire Fighters • The Return of the Riddle Rider • The Trail of the Tiger • Whispering Smith Rides • Haunted Island • Tarzan the Mighty • The Vanishing Rider • The Diamond Master • A Final Reckoning • The Pirate of Panama

Part-sound Serials (1929-1930)	The Ace of Scotland Yard • Tarzan the Tiger • The Jade Box • The Lightning Express • Terry of the Times • The Indians Are Coming

Pre-war Sound Serials (1931-1942)	Finger Prints • Heroes of the Flames • Danger Island • Battling with Buffalo Bill • The Spell of the Circus • Detective Lloyd • The Airmail Mystery • Heroes of the West • The Jungle Mystery • The Lost Special • Clancy of the Mounted • The Phantom of the Air • Gordon of Ghost City • The Perils of Pauline • Pirate Treasure • The Vanishing Shadow • The Red Rider • Tailspin Tommy • Rustlers of Red Dog • The Call of the Savage • The Roaring West • Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery • The Adventures of Frank Merriwell • Flash Gordon • The Phantom Rider • Ace Drummond • Jungle Jim • Secret Agent X-9 • Wild West Days • Radio Patrol • Tim Tyler's Luck • Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars • Flaming Frontiers • Red Barry • Scouts to the Rescue • Buck Rogers • The Oregon Trail • The Phantom Creeps • The Green Hornet • Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe • Winners of the West • Junior G-Men • The Green Hornet Strikes Again! • Sky Raiders • Riders of Death Valley • Sea Raiders

War-time Serials (1942-1945)	Don Winslow of the Navy • Gang Busters • Junior G-Men of the Air • Overland Mail • The Adventures of Smilin' Jack • Don Winslow of the Coast Guard • Adventures of the Flying Cadets • The Great Alaskan Mystery • Raiders of Ghost City • Mystery of the River Boat • Jungle Queen • The Master Key • Secret Agent X-9

Post-war Serials (1945-1946)	The Royal Mounted Rides Again • The Scarlet Horseman • Lost City of the Jungle • The Mysterious Mr. M

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Film serials List of film serials • List of film serials by studio

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