Burn 'Em Up Barnes

(1934)

Adventure / Serial

The daring racecar driver, "Burn 'Em Up Barnes", (Jack Mulhall) meets failing business owner Marjorie Temple (Lola Lane) and becomes her partner. What Marjorie doesn't know is that the land she inherited from her father is worth millions in oil and that the devious racetrack owner, John Drummond (Jason Robards, Sr.), and his cronies are out to steal it. With help from Barnes and his young friend, Bobbie (Frankie Darro), Marjorie faces catastrophe, episode after episode! The racing stunts, crack-ups and fights are top notch in one of Mascot Pictures' most action-filled cliffhangers.
 
Cast:

Jack Mulhall as Burn 'em-Up Barnes, racing driver nicknamed the 'King of the Dirt Track' and shortly the co-owner of the Temple Barnes Transportation school bus company
Frankie Darro as Bobbie Riley, Barnes' kid sidekick and ward following his brother's accidental death
Lola Lane as Marjorie Temple, owner of the Temple (later Temple Barnes) Transportation school bus company and land with a hidden wealth of oil
Julian Rivero as Tony, Marjorie's bumbling Italian-accented mechanic
Edwin Maxwell as Lyman Warren
Jason Robards as John Drummond, crooked race promoter who knows that Marjorie's land is really worth millions and will stop at nothing to get it
Francis McDonald as Ray Ridpath, villainous driver working for Drummond

Chapter titles

Chapter 01 - King of the Dirt Tracks

Chapter 02 - The Newsreel Murder

Chapter 03 - The Phantom Witness

Chapter 04 - The Celluloid Clue

Chapter 05 - The Decoy Driver

Chapter 06 - The Crimson Alibi

Chapter 07 - Roaring Rails

Chapter 08 - The Death Crash

Chapter 09 - The Man Higher Up

Chapter 10 - The Missing Link

Chapter 11 - Surrounded

Chapter 12 - The Fatal Whisper