Detective Nick Carter is brought in to foil spies at the Radex Airplane Factory, where a new fighter plane is under manufacture.Detective Nick Carter is brought in to foil spies at the Radex Airplane Factory, where a new fighter plane is under manufacture.Detective Nick Carter is brought in to foil spies at the Radex Airplane Factory, where a new fighter plane is under manufacture.
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Stanley Ridges
- Doctor Frankton
- (as Stanley C. Ridges)
Ernie Alexander
- Factory Workman
- (uncredited)
Louis V. Arco
- Yacht Captain
- (uncredited)
Frank Ball
- Peake the Gardener
- (uncredited)
Don Brodie
- Engel - X-49 Workman
- (uncredited)
Don Castle
- Ed - 1st Hurt Worker
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer bought the screen rights to all the 1,100 Nick Carter stories published from the 19th Century through the 1930s. However, all 3 of the films made in the Nick Carter series were based on original stories.
- Quotes
Nick Carter: What made you say murder?
Bartholomew: Because it looks like suicide, and if it looks like suicide, it can't be, right?
- Crazy creditsNo screen credit is given to Ormond G. Smith and John R. Coryell, who created the character of Nick Carter for pulp magazines.
- ConnectionsEdited from Too Hot to Handle (1938)
Featured review
Entertaining programmer is fast moving detective yarn...
Walter Pidgeon is cast as detective Nick Carter, whose mission is to find out who is behind plans to steal blueprints for the enemy in this pre-WWII yarn. Rita Johnson is teamed nicely as leading lady. Her presence is so welcome that it's a wonder she never had a bigger career on screen.
With a supporting cast that includes Frank Faylen, Henry Hull, Donald Meek and Stanley Ridges, it's a neat programmer that crams a lot of plot into a one hour time slot. The only sore spot is Donald Meek in his bumbling role as a bee-keeper who aids Carter. Usually a very reliable character actor, this time his role is so unlikeable, unlikely and annoying that it's more of a distraction than a help. Whatever humor is supposed to be gathered by his involvement in the plot, never quite makes its mark.
But in its brief running time, this one passes the time pleasantly enough with the handsome Pidgeon marking his time at MGM before he became a big star.
With a supporting cast that includes Frank Faylen, Henry Hull, Donald Meek and Stanley Ridges, it's a neat programmer that crams a lot of plot into a one hour time slot. The only sore spot is Donald Meek in his bumbling role as a bee-keeper who aids Carter. Usually a very reliable character actor, this time his role is so unlikeable, unlikely and annoying that it's more of a distraction than a help. Whatever humor is supposed to be gathered by his involvement in the plot, never quite makes its mark.
But in its brief running time, this one passes the time pleasantly enough with the handsome Pidgeon marking his time at MGM before he became a big star.
Details
- Runtime59 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Nick Carter, Master Detective (1939) officially released in India in English?
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