1950s
Production Company | Title | Chapters | Genre | Director | Cast | Notes |
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Columbia Pictures | Cody of the Pony Express | 15 | Western | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Jock Mahoney | |
Atom Man vs. Superman | 15 | Superhero | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Kirk Alyn, Noel Neill | ||
Pirates of the High Seas | 15 | Maritime | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Buster Crabbe | ||
Great Britain Instructional | The Mystery of the Snakeskin Belt | Frank Cadman | British; Last independent serial | |||
Republic Pictures | The Invisible Monster | 12 | Science fiction | Fred C. Brannon | Richard Webb | |
Desperadoes of the West | 12 | Western | Fred C. Brannon | Richard Powers (Tom Keene) | ||
Flying Disc Man from Mars | 12 | Science fiction | Fred C. Brannon | Walter Reed | ||
1951 | ||||||
Columbia Pictures | Roar of the Iron Horse | 15 | Western | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Jock Mahoney | |
Mysterious Island | 15 | Science fiction | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Richard Crane | ||
Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere | 15 | Science fiction | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Judd Holdren | Only serial adapted from a television programme | |
Republic Pictures | Don Daredevil Rides Again | 12 | Western | Fred C. Brannon | Ken Curtis | Includes footage from Zorro's Black Whip |
Government Agents vs. Phantom Legion | 12 | Spy | Fred C. Brannon | Walter Reed | ||
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Columbia Pictures | King of the Congo | 15 | Jungle | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Buster Crabbe | |
Blackhawk | 15 | Aviation | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Kirk Alyn | ||
Son of Geronimo | 15 | Western | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Clayton Moore | ||
Republic Pictures | Radar Men from the Moon | 12 | Science fiction | Fred C. Brannon | George D. Wallace | |
Zombies of the Stratosphere | 12 | Science fiction | Fred C. Brannon | Judd Holdren, Leonard Nimoy | ||
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Columbia Pictures | The Lost Planet | 15 | Science fiction | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Judd Holdren | |
The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd | 15 | Maritime | Derwin Abrahams and Charles S. Gould | Richard Crane | ||
Republic Pictures | Jungle Drums of Africa | 12 | Jungle | Fred C. Brannon | Phyllis Coates, Clayton Moore | |
Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe | 12 | Science fiction | Franklin Adreon and Fred C. Brannon | Judd Holdren and Richard Crane | Not technically a serial - produced as a television series but initially released as a serial | |
Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders | 12 | Northern spy | Franklin Adreon | Bill Henry | ||
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Columbia Pictures | Gunfighters of the Northwest | 15 | Northern | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Clayton Moore | |
Riding with Buffalo Bill | 15 | Western | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Marshall Reed | Includes footage from Deadwood Dick | |
Republic Pictures | Trader Tom of the China Seas | 12 | Maritime | Franklin Adreon | Phyllis Coates, Harry Lauter | |
Man with the Steel Whip | 12 | Western | Franklin Adreon | Richard Simmons | Includes footage from Zorro's Black Whip | |
1955 | ||||||
Columbia Pictures | The Adventures of Captain Africa | 15 | Jungle | Spencer Gordon Bennet | John Hart | Intended as a sequel to The Phantom; includes footage from The Phantom, Jungle Menace, and The Desert Hawk |
Republic Pictures | Panther Girl of the Kongo | 12 | Jungle | Franklin Adreon | Phyllis Coates | Includes footage from Perils of Nyoka |
King of the Carnival | 12 | Crime | Franklin Adreon | Harry Lauter | Last Republic serial. Includes footage from Daredevils of the Red Circle | |
1956 | ||||||
Columbia Pictures | Perils of the Wilderness | 15 | Western | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Dennis Moore | includes footage from Perils of the Royal Mounted |
Blazing the Overland Trail | 15 | Western | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Dennis Moore, Lee Roberts | Last Columbia serial; last major-studio serial. Includes footage from White Eagle |
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