The Green Archer

Synopsis

Columbia's 12th serial of 57 total (following 1940's "Deadwood Dick" and ahead of 1941's "White Eagle") is another of director's James Horne's "classics" where he evidently figured that the same reactions that served him well in Laurel and Hardy films would work well in action serials where he has all hands, heroes and villains alike, doing some kind of over-the top "take", no matter the situation. This loose adaptation of an Edgar Wallace story finds Michael Bellamy (Kenne Duncan in his Kenneth Duncan period) inheriting Garr Castle, but his brother, Abel Bellamy (James Craven, as usual making Oil-Can Harry look smooth), has him imprisoned unjustly and moves into the castle himself. When Michael's wife, Elaine Bellamy (Dorothy Fay), fails to return after visiting Abel, her sister Valerie Howett (Iris Meredith), accompanied by their father,

Main Cast

Victor Jory

Spike Holland

Age : 79 | Popularity : 6%

Iris Meredith

Valerie Howett

Age : 64 | Popularity : 5%

James Craven

Abel Bellamy

Age : 62 | Popularity : 3%

Robert Fiske

Savini

Age : 54 | Popularity : 3%

Dorothy Fay

Elaine Bellamy

Age : 88 | Popularity : 3%

Forrest Taylor

Parker Howett

Age : 81 | Popularity : 7%

Jack Ingram

Henchman Brad

Age : 66 | Popularity : 5%

Joseph W. Girard

Inspector Ross

Age : 78 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Novel	Edgar Wallace
	Screenplay	Morgan Cox James W. Horne Jesse Duffy
Directing	Director	James W. Horne
Department	Role	Name

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