Blackhawk (serial)
Blackhawk is a 1952 American 15-chapter science fiction adventure movie serial from Columbia Pictures, based on the comic book Blackhawk, first published by Quality Comics, but later owned by competitor DC Comics. It was Columbia's forty-ninth serial. The one-sheet poster referred to the serial as The Miraculous Blackhawk: Freedom's Champion. The home video release added the tagline: "Fearless Champion of Freedom".
| Blackhawk | |
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| Directed by | Spencer Gordon Bennet (as Spencer Bennet) Fred F. Sears |
| Written by | George H. Plympton Royal K. Cole Sherman L. Lowe |
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| Produced by | Sam Katzman |
| Starring | Kirk Alyn Carol Forman John Crawford |
| Cinematography | William Whitley |
| Edited by | Earl Turner |
| Music by | Mischa Bakaleinikoff |
| Color process | Black and white |
Production company | Sam Katzman Productions |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 242 minutes (15 episodes) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Blackhawk stars Kirk Alyn as Blackhawk and Carol Forman as the foreign spy that must be stopped from stealing the experimental super-fuel "Element-X"; Alyn and Forman were also the hero and villain of Columbia's earlier Superman.
Blackhawk was produced by the famously cheap Sam Katzman and directed by the team of Spencer Gordon Bennet and Fred F. Sears. It is considered cheap and lackluster, made in the waning years of studio movie serial production.