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Bruce Gentry (1949)

Bruce Gentry poster
Directed by
Thomas Carr, Spencer Gordon Bennet
Genre
science fiction film
Country
United States
Runtime
4h 06m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A daredevil pilot battles a villain who uses a flying saucer as a secret weapon. This is a serial with 15 short episodes that end in cliffhangers.

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What happens

Bruce Gentry – Daredevil of the Skies is a 15-episode Columbia Pictures movie serial released in 1949 based on the Bruce Gentry comic strip created by Ray Bailey. It features the first cinematic appearance of a flying saucer, as the secret weapon of the villainous Recorder. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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