Scouts to the Rescue
(1939)
Adventure / Serial
Eagle Scout Bruce Scott (Jackie Cooper), leader of Martinsville Troop Number One, sets off in search of lost treasure. This leads the troop to Ghost Town, and the treasure turns out to be a large cache of counterfeit $20 bills and the plates used to print them. They also discover a lost branch of Inca Indians living in the mountains. The tribe gives ferocious efforts to keep the scouts from discovering their Temple cave as it contains a huge radium deposit known to them for its ability to heal wounds.
Cast:
Jackie Cooper as Bruce Scott, leader of the Scout Troop
David Durand as Rip Rawson
Bill Cody, Jr. as Skeets Scanlon
Vondell Darr as Mary Scanlon
William Ruhl as Hal Marvin, a G-Man on the trail of the counterfeiters
Sidney Miller as Hermie, a boy scout
Ivan Miller as Turk Mortensen
Edwin Stanley as Pat Scanlon
Ralph Dunn as Pug O'Toole, a gangster
George Regas as Lukolu, high priest of the lost tribe
Jack Mulhall as Scoutmaster Hale
Jason Robards, Sr. as Doc, a gangster
Dick Botiller as Leeka, Leader of Warriors
Victor Adams as Hurst, a heavy
Chapters:
Chapter 1 - Death Rides the Air
Chapter 2 - Avalance of Doom
Chapter 3 - Trapped by the Indians
Chapter 4 - River of Doom
Chapter 5 - Descending Doom
Chapter 6 - Ghost Town Menace
Chapter 7 - Destroyed by Dynamite
Chapter 8 - Thundering Hoofs
Chapter 9 - The Fire God Strikes
Chapter 10 - The Battle of Ghost Town
Chapter 11 - Hurtling Through Space
Chapter 12 - The Boy Scouts' Triumph
