Mystery of the River Boat

Mystery of the River Boat
Mystery of the River Boat
Directed by	Lewis D. Collins; Ray Taylor
Written by	Ande Lamb; Maurice Tombragel
Produced by	Henry MacRae
Starring	Robert Lowery; Eddie Quillan; Marion Martin; Marjorie Clements; Lyle Talbot; Arthur Hohl
Cinematography	William A. Sickner
Edited by	Irving Birnbaum; Jack Dolan; Ace Herman; Alvin Todd; Edgar Zane
Music by	Paul Sawtell
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	October 24, 1944;
Running time	13 chapters (218 minutes)
Country	United States
Language	English

Mystery of the River Boat, Chapter 1, The Tragic Crash

Mystery of the River Boat is a 1944 Universal movie serial directed by Lewis D. Collins and Ray Taylor. It co-starred Lyle Talbot, Robert Lowery and Mantan Moreland.

Cast

Robert Lowery as Steve Langtry
Eddie Quillan as Jug Jenks
Marion Martin as Celeste Eltree, river boat singer
Marjorie Clements as Jenny Perrin, Captain Perrin's daughter
Lyle Talbot as Rudolph Toller, foreign agent
Arthur Hohl as Clayton
Oscar O'Shea as Captain Ethan Perrin, captain of the river boat The Morning Glory
Francis McDonald as Batiste
Mantan Moreland as Napoleon, ship steward
Eddy Waller as Charles Langtry
Ian Wolfe as Herman Einreich, villainous land speculator
Byron Foulger as Dr. H. Hartman
Earle Hodgins as Jean Duval
Anthony Warde as Bruno Bloch
Alec Craig as the Chief Engineer

Cline considers this to be an average serial but one with a good cast and all the necessary "ingredients" of a good serial.^[1]

_Source:^[2]

^ Cline, William C. (1984). "3. The Six Faces of Adventure". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 50. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
^ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 238. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

Preceded by Raiders of Ghost City (1944)	Universal Serial Mystery of the River Boat (1944)	Succeeded by Jungle Queen (1945)

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