THE MYSTERY OF THE RIVERBOAT
13 CHAPTER SERIAL
1944

PLOT:
Three Louisiana families, the Langtrys, Perrins and Duvals, are co-owners of swamp land in the Louisiana bayou country. Unaware that the property contains rich "nitrolene" deposits, they are considering an offer from speculator Herman Einreich, who is well aware of the secret, having killed the scientist who discovered it and stolen his geological maps and notes. He boards a river boat, "The Morning Glory", heading for Duval's Landing. Others on the boat are the skipper, Captain Ethan Perrin, his daughter Jenny; Steve Langtry; Rudolph Toller; Bruno Bloch and Louis Shaber who represent a foreign faction also interested in the land; and a bearded man named Clayton, who is really the disinherited renegade son of the Duvals, Paul Duval, who thinks his brother Jean has cheated him out of his share of the Duval estate and going home to get even. What will "Clayton" do to recover his inheritance? Will the families find out in time the secret of their precious land...

CAST:
Robert Lowery ... Steve Langtry
Eddie Quillan ... Jug Jenks
Marion Martin ... Celeste Eltree
Marjorie Clements ... Jenny Perrin
Lyle Talbot ... Rudolph Toller
Arthur Hohl ... Clayton aka Paul Duval
Oscar O'Shea ... Captain Ethan Perrin
Francis McDonald ... Batiste
Mantan Moreland ... Napoleon
Eddy Waller ... Charles Langtry
Ian Wolfe ... Herman Einreich
Byron Foulger ... Dr. H. Hartman
Earle Hodgins ... Jean Duval
Anthony Warde ... Bruno Bloch
Alec Craig ... Chief Engineer

CHAPTERS:
1. The Tragic Crash
2. The Phantom Killer
3. The Flaming Inferno
4. The Brink of Doom
5. The Highway of Peril
6. The Fatal Plunge
7. Toll of the Storm
8. The Break in the Levee
9. Trapped in the Quicksands
10. Flaming Havoc
11. Electrocuted
12. Risking Death
13. The Boomerang

RUNNING TIME: 213 MIN