Ace Drummond
(1936)
Adventure / Serial
This 13 chapter serial is based on the comic strip character Ace Drummond created by Eddie Rickenbacker and starring John 'Dusty' King & Noah Beery Jr. Ace is a 'G-Man of the sky' working out of Washington D.C. He is sent to Mongolia to find out why a mysterious villain known only as 'The Dragon' is trying to prevent the newly formed International Airways from setting up an airport there. Ace meets Peggy Trainor (Jean Rogers) who is searching for her archaeologist father who has disappeared. Together they search for answers to the puzzles.
Cast:
John 'Dusty' King as Ace Drummond
Jean Rogers as Peggy Trainor
Noah Beery Jr. as Jerry
Guy Bates Post as The Grand Lama
Lon Chaney Jr. as Henchman Ivan
Jackie Morrow as Billy Meredith
Selmer Jackson as William Meredith, Sr.
Robert Warwick as Winston
James B. Leong as Henry Kee
Chester Gan as Kai-Chek
Arthur Loft as Chang-Ho, The Dragon
James Eagles as Johnny Wong, Radio Operator
C. Montague Shaw as Dr. Trainor
Frederick Vogeding as Bauer
Al Bridge as Paul Wyckoff
Chapter titles
Chapter 1 - Where East Meets West
Chapter 2 - The Invisible Enemy
Chapter 3 - The Doorway to Doom
Chapter 4 - The Radio Riddle
Chapter 5 - Bullets of Sand
Chapter 6 - Evil Spirits
Chapter 7 - The Trackless Trail
Chapter 8 - The Sign in the Sky
Chapter 9 - Secret Service
Chapter 10 - The Mountain of Jade
Chapter 11 - The Dragon Commands
Chapter 12 - The Squadron of Death
Chapter 13 - The World's Akin
