Blackhawk 

1952 - 15 Chapters 

Based on the comic book Blackhawk published by Quality Comics at the time. 
The serial's subtitle was "Fearless Champion of Freedom". 


Plot

The Blackhawks must prevent the villainous Leader's plots to steal technology. It stars Kirk Alyn as Blackhawk and Carol Forman as the foreign spy whom the Blackhawks must prevent from stealing the experimental super-fuel "Element-X". Alyn and Forman were also the hero and villain, respectively, of Columbia's earlier Superman. This serial was produced by the famously cheap Sam Katzman and directed by the team of Spencer Gordon Bennet and Fred F. Sears. It is considered a relatively cheap and lacklustre serial, produced in the waning years of the serial medium.

Based on a successful comic book that began in 1941, the Blackhawks were 
seven flyers who banded together during WW II to fight the Nazis. After the 
war, they continued to fight evil where ever they find it. In this movie, they 
are battling a group of spies and saboteurs bent on destroying democracy.


Cast

Kirk Alyn as Blackhawk, the "Fearless Champion of Freedom"
Carol Forman as Laska, foreign spy working for The Leader
John Crawford as Chuck
Michael Fox as Mr Case/The Leader
Don Harvey as Olaf
Rick Vallin as Stan (a Blackhawk) and his twin Boris (an agent of The Leader)
Larry Stewart as Andre
Weaver Levy as Chop
Zon Murray as Bork
Nick Stuart as Cress
Marshall Reed as Aller
Pierce Lyden as D


Chapter titles

Distress Call from Space
Blackhawk Traps a Traitor
In the Enemy's Hideout
The Iron Monster
Human Targets
Blackhawk's Leap for Life
Mystery Fuel
Blasted from the Sky
Blackhawk Tempts Fate
Chase for Element X
Forced Down
Drums of Doom
Blackhawk's Daring Plan
Blackhawk's Wild Ride
The Leader Unmasked