Junior G-Men (1940)

Directed by

John Rawlins, Ford Beebe

Genre

crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

4h

Rated

NR

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of young streetwise kids team up with the FBI to stop enemy spies on the eve of World War II. The serial follows their adventures as they help uncover a plot by fifth columnists operating in the United States.

datedaction-packedpatrioticfast-pacedlightheartedformulaiccliffhanger-heavyold-fashioned

What happens

Junior G-Men is a 1940 Universal film serial. It was Universal's 116th serial (and the 48th with sound) of their total of output of 137. The serial is one of the three serials starring "The Dead End Kids and Little Tough Guys" who were under contract to Universal at the time. The plot of Junior G-Men is a pre-World War II G-Man story about fifth columnists in the United States, with the FBI joining forces with youth to save the country. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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