| "Blackhawk Traps a Traitor!" | |
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| Series Blackhawk: Freedom's Champion Season 1, Episode 2 | |
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| Air date | July 31st, 1952 |
| Writers | George H. Plympton; Royal K. Cole; Sherman L. Lowe |
| Director | Spencer Bennet; Fred F. Sears |
| Producers | Sam Katzman |
| Starring | Kirk Alyn; Don Harvey; Rick Vallin; John Crawford; Frank Ellis; Larry Stewart; Weaver Levy |
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"Blackhawk Traps a Traitor!" is the second installment of the 15-chapter Blackhawk film serial. It was directed by Spencer Bennet and Fred F. Sears. It was written for the screen by George H. Plympton, Royal K. Cole and Sherman L. Lowe, based on the Blackhawk comic magazine drawn by Reed Crandall. The episode was released theatrically on Thursday, July 31st, 1952.
Cast[]
Note: The following is the cast list for the entire serial. Not every cast member appears in every installment.
Blackhawk...................Kirk Alyn
Laska...................Carol Forman
Chuck...................John Crawford
Mr. Case...................Michael Fox
Olaf...................Don Harvey
Stan/Boris...................Rick Vallin
Andre...................Larry Stewart
Chop Chop...................Weaver Levy
Bork...................Zon Murray
Cress...................Nick Stuart
Aller...................Marshall Reed
Dyke...................Pierce Lyden
Dr. Rolph...................William Fawcett
Hodge...................Rory Mallinson
Hendrickson...................Frank Ellis
Notes & Trivia[]
- Blackhawk, and all related characters and concepts were created by writer Will Eisner and artist Chuck Cuidera. They first appeared in Military Comics #1 in August, 1941, published by Quality Comics. They later spun-out into their first Blackhawk ongoing series, which ran from 1944 to 1956, spanning a total of 107 issues. DC Comics acquired the rights to continue publication of Blackhawk stories without interruption and began producing the title with Blackhawk #108 in January, 1957.
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