Ace Drummond (1936)
Amazing exploits in the sky!
255 min
This 13 chapter serial is based on the comic strip character Ace Drummond created by Eddie Rickenbacker. Ace is a 'G-Man of the sky' working out of Washington D.C. He is sent to Mongolia to find out why a mysterious villain known only as 'The Dragon' is trying to prevent the newly formed International Airways from setting up an airport there. Ace meets Peggy Trainor (Jean Rogers) who is searching for her archaeologist father who has disappeared. Together they search for answers to the puzzles.
- Release date
- October 18, 1936
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- John 'Dusty' King as Ace Drummond
- Jean Rogers as Peggy Trainor
- Noah Beery Jr. as Jerry
- Guy Bates Post as The Grand Lama
- Lon Chaney Jr. as Ivan - Henchman
- Jackie Morrow as Billy Meredith
- Robert Warwick as Winston
- James B. Leong as Henry Kee [Chs. 1-11]
- Chester Gan as Kai-Chek
- Arthur Loft as Chang-Ho
- Arthur Loft as The Dragon
Crew
- Ford Beebe · Director
- Clifford Smith · Director
- Eddie Rickenbacker · Writer
- Wyndham Gittens · Writer
- Norman S. Hall · Writer
- Ray Trampe · Writer
- Richard Fryer · Cinematographer
- Saul A. Goodkind · Editor
- Louis Sackin · Editor
- Alvin Todd · Editor
- Edward Todd · Editor