THE GREEN ARCHER
12 CHAPTER SERIAL
1940

THE GREEN ARCHER tells the story two well-to-do brothers, Michael (Kenne Duncan) and Abel (Michael Kraven) Bellamy. Michael just got married to his sweetheart Elaine (Dorothy Fay) and just wants to live a normal life in the castle his family inherited from their heirs. His evil brother Abel however is not satisfied with a normal life, and uses his half of the family fortune to build his own criminal empire on the grounds of family’s castle. Abel despises his brother because Michael married Abel’s ex-girlfriend, and uses all his power and influ-ence to set his brother up for a crime he did not commit. Then when Michael is transported to prison via train, Abel commits the ultimate sin he has his gang of thugs plant explosives on the tracks, thereby sending the train tumbling down into a valley and Michael to his supposed death...

One of the better serials. There's a castle with secret doors & passageways everywhere, lots of fist fights, lots of bow & arrow work, bombs, shooting, poison gas, an underground hideaway for automobiles, & spirited acting in an action packed plot.

The Green Archer (1940) is a Columbia film serial based on Edgar Wallace's 1923 novel The Green Archer (which had previously been adapted into the silent serial The Green Archer in 1925 by Pathe). It was Columbia's 12th serial release of their total output of 57

PLOT:
The struggle over the Bellamy estate ends with Michael Bellamy accused of murder and killed on the way to prison, while his brother Abel Bellamy takes control of the estate for his own nefarious plans. Bellamy is using Garr Castle as a base for his jewellery-theft ring, and he kidnaps his brother's wife to keep things quiet. Insurance investigator Spike Holland enters the case, and Abel Bellamy continually dispatches his resident gang to do away with him. Detective Thompson, representing the law, is seldom of any help. Meanwhile, the estate's fabled "Green Archer," a masked, leotard-clad marksman, steals silently through Garr Castle and the estate grounds, confounding the enemy forces.

CAST:
Victor Jory ... Spike Holland
Iris Meredith ... Valerie Howett
James Craven ... Abel Bellamy
Robert Fiske ... Savini
Dorothy Fay ... Elaine Bellamy
Forrest Taylor ... Parker Howett
Jack Ingram ... Henchman Brad
Joseph W. Girard ... Inspector Ross
Fred Kelsey ... Capt. Thompson
Kit Guard ... Dinky Stone, Henchman-Radio Man

CHAPTERS:
1. Prison Bars Beckon
2. The Face at the Window
3. The Devil's Dictograph
4. Vanishing Jewels
5. The Fatal Spark
6. The Necklace of Treachery
7. The Secret Passage
8. Garr Castle is Robbed
9. The Mirror of Treachery
10. The Dagger that Failed
11. The Flaming Arrow
12. The Devil Dogs
13. The Deceiving Microphone
14. End of Hope
15. The Green Archer Exposed

RRUNNING TIME: 285 MIN