Hop Harrigan (1946)

Original title

Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways

Directed by

Derwin Abrahams

Genre

adventure film

Country

United States

Runtime

4h 30m

Rated

NR

Rating

4.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An ace pilot battles enemies in a series of cliffhanger adventures. Based on a comic book character, the story unfolds in short weekly chapters.

action-packedfast-pacedpulpold-fashionedserial-styleheroic

What happens

Hop Harrigan (aka Hop Harrigan America's Ace of the Airways) (1946) is a Columbia film serial, based on the Hop Harrigan comic books by DC Comics. The serial comprised 15 two-reel chapters with Derwin Abrahams as the director and Sam Katzman, the producer. Columbia Pictures was one of the last Hollywood studios to continue in the postwar years with the serial format. By 1947, Universal Pictures discontinued its serials, with only Republic Pictures and Columbia continuing with serials. The last serial was Columbia's Blazing the Overland Trail (1956). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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