Detective nick carter is brought in to foil spies at the radex airplane factory, where a new fighter plane is under manufacture. The film s surprising chief asset is from an hilarious supporting performance by donald meek as bartholomew the bee man, a mousy little squirt who when not chasing bees reads the detective. Detective nick carter is brought in to foil spies at the radex airplane factory, where a new. I found this 59minute detective film quite enjoyable, buoyed by pidgeons charm, a wellplotted story, and adept direction by none other than jacques tourneur, heading up one of his. This time nick carter is played by walter pigeon in his first starring role.
However, the socalled master detective never had much of a film career in the u. The 1940 film sky murder was the last in the series. Nick carter, master detective is a film directed by jacques tourneur with walter pidgeon, rita johnson, henry hull, stanley ridges, year. Despite seemingly thorough precautions, a gang of saboteurs and shadowy foreign agents are able to smuggle out the secret blueprints for innovative new planes and sabotage prototypes during testing. When the radex airplane factory encounters a series of accidents and thefts that keep them from finishing their new, revolutionary airplane, they hire nick carter to get to the bottom. Even though the us had not entered wwii, the country was still worried about foreign agents as this movie illustrates. This week on case closed, nick carter, master detective opens the show with the case of the vanishing weapon, his. With lon clark in the title role there are eighteen mysteries to solve, eighteen adventures to unravel, and no limit to the thrilling excitement. Nick carter was created in 1886 and since the times of silent cinema had several times been chosen as a protagonist of various films made in france and united states prior to this 1939 jacques tourneur version. Guardare tragedia sul pacifico online 1939 film italiano, vedere informazioni sul film completo online, trailer, sottotitoli e audio originale. The first of two nick carter films jacques tourneur directed for mgm is a zippy, actionpacked mystery starring walter pidgeon as the unflappable dimenovel. Master detective may sound kind of old fashioned, but the character was actually older than sherlock holmes, having debuted in 1886. Nick carter, master detective 1939 jacques tourneur, walter pidgeon, rita johnson, henry hull, crime, mystery, drama may 16, 2017 famed new york detective nick carter arrives incognito at a california airplane factory at the behest of owner hiram streeter. Private eye nick carter walter pidgeon romances a stewardess rita johnson and busts a foreign spy ring.
We offer other old time detective and investigator radio shows. The master detective first ventured into radio on april 11, 1943 on the mutual broadcasting system as the return of nick carter, a nod to his pulp fiction history. Nick carter, master detective 1939 dvd planet store. Former mgm starlet pamela blake did some snooping of her own as a rival detective, and a gangster bearing the unfortunate name of nick polio george meeker indulged in a bit of insurance fraud on behalf of charles king. Lon clark starred as nick carter, master detective for 12 years 194355 over the mutual network. Charlotte manson as patsy bowen and lon clark as nick carter, 1946.
Nick carter, master detective 1939 directed by jacques tourneur. Nicholas carter is the name of a popular fictional detective, who first appeared in a dime novel entitled the old detectives pupil. For most of its existence, it was a standard halfhour show, but it did try out a 15minute serialized format for a short time in 1944. Walter pidgeon, rita johnson, henry hull, stanley ridges, donald meek, addison richards, dir. He began in france, then came to hollywood and made b picture programmers at mgm before joining lewton at rko.
Read the full synopsis of nick carter, master detective, 1939, directed by jacques tourneur, with walter pidgeon, rita johnson, henry hull, at turner classic movies. Nick carter, master detective also known as the return of. Nick carter, master detective 1939 private eye nick carter walter pidgeon romances a stewardess rita johnson and busts a foreign spy ring. In the dime novels, nick had eventually built up a sizable cadre of young sidekicks. Nick carter, master detective was one of the first detective radio shows to really hit it big with audiences. Nick carter master detective, phantom raiders and sky murder are all quite fun and you should see them if you ever get a chance. His popularity lasted over 100 years until the last nick carterkillmaster book was published in 1990. With walter pidgeon, rita johnson, henry hull, stanley ridges. With that sonorous voice of his, pidgeon always sounded like gregory pecks older brother, but these films play against his tendency to stodginess and come out very light and fluffy.
The first film was, nick carter, master detective 1939 which saw nick heading to california to investigate the theft of plans for an advanced aircraft and sabotage of the factory. Its so short yet, theres so much going on here, theres no time to be off your toes. Walter pidgeon as nicholas nick carterrobert chalmers. Jacques tourneur somebody is stealing secrets from an aircraft factory in southern california, and since theyre developing a new plane that will revolutionize warfare, nick carter, master detective, is put in the plant undercover to ferret out how the blueprints are being copied. Nick carter master detective 3 movie collection phantom. Nick carter master detective 231 nine hours to live nick. Walter pidgeon played nick carter in a series of 3 mgm films in 1939 and 1940 and the three films were released in the last few years by warner archives. Nick carter derides three of his contemporary movie detectives. Famed new york detective nick carter arrives incognito at a california airplane factory at the behest of owner hiram streeter. The first of three nick carter private detective adventures starring walter pidgeon. Each of the following broadcasts are 30 minutes in length. Chasing crime old time radio original radio broadcasts on. Handsome, deepvoiced character actor lon clark stars as carter perfectly capturing the characters manly vigor and powerful intellectual skills. Jacques tourneur, fearmaker, a wideranging retrospective.
Oorlog tussen backstreet boy nick carter en broer aaron. Nick carter, master detective 1939 rotten tomatoes. Nick carter, master detective trailer turner classic movies. Nick carter, master detective the man who lived too long july 1, 1945 duration. Highlights of jacques tourneur, fearmaker include three films made with. Nick carter trama cast recensione scheda del film di jacques tourneur con herry hull, rita. When an aircraft maker finds its development of a highspeed plane sabotaged, it turns to nick carter, master detective 1939. The following story was told to the writer by nick carter as being the most remarkable, and in many respects, the most mysterious case in his experience. Nick carter, master detective 1939 film deutsch aktuelle. The idea for the story and character came from ormond g. Nick carte r, master detective 1939 directed by jacques tourneu.
The five best mutual old time radio detectives the great. It wasnt easy getting away from nickeven if you took to sea and made a run for international waters, hed find a way to. Il direttore di una fabbrica daerei incarica il detective nick carter di risolvere il. Such was the case with mgms threeepisode nick carter series, which got off to a good start with nick carter, master detective. Film nick carternick carter, master detective 1939 dramma. This final carter film is a lot of fun, with nick unwillingly, at first taking on a ring of fifth columnists since this was. If you enjoyed listening to these old time radio shows, please let us know by making a donation. Walter pidgeon plays the title character, who in this episode gets mixed up with industrial espionage. Detectivemystery films are usually considered a subtype of crimegangster films, of film noir, or suspense or thriller films that focus on the unsolved crime usually the murder or disappearance of one or more of the characters, or a theft, and on the central character the hardboiled detectivehero, as heshe meets various adventures and challenges in the.
Youll not only be supporting this website but you will be helping us to bring these fine shows back into public circulation and preserving the enjoyment of old time radio for everyone. Soon retitled nick carter, master detective, it ran for 12 years, with lon clark playing nick for the entire run. If your guaranteed delivery item isnt on time, you can 1 return the item, for a refund of the full price and return shipping costs. The series did not begin until 1939 however, with the production of this film. Nick carter, master detective originally appearing the new york weekly on 09181886 in a story entitled the old detectives pupil, or the mysterious crime of madison square. Nick carter, master detective with lon clark in the title role, the series commenced 11 april 1943, on mutual, continuing in many different time slots for well over a decade.
With henry hull, stanley ridges, and donald meek as carter s beefixated hangeron, bartholomew. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. The greatest name in american detective fiction is back. Screen adventures of master detective nick carter walter pidgeon, investigating various mysteries of a criminal nature. Na nick carter heeft ook angel een omgangsverbod tegen haar broer aaron weten te bemachtigen. The house pseudonym nick carter includes michael avallone aka valerie moolman et al, jim bowser, nicholas browne, lew louderback, douglas marland, arnold marmor, jon messman, craig nova, william odell, william l. Son of french silent film director maurice tourneur, jacques tourneur is best remembered for the trio of atmospheric lowbudget horror films he made with producer val lewton at rko, and for the quintessential film noir out of the past. We offer 3 different ways for you to listen to our old time radio shows so that no matter what device you are using pc, laptop, android phone, iphone, ipad, kindle, tablet, etc. Nick carter, master detective online using any of the 3 radio players below. This set is vetted to eliminate the various errors in carter sets on the internet and is believed to contain all available episodes of nick carter. Nick carter had started as a detective hero in dime novels in the 1880s and subsequently featured in several.
Its nick carter, master detective with a new collection of classic crimefighting action. Nick carter, master detective lon carter starred as nick carter over the mutual radio network from 041143 to 092555. Henry hull, stanley ridges titolo originale nick carter master detective. Nick carter, master detective 1939 passed 59min crime, mystery, drama 15 december 1939 usa detective nick carter is brought in to foil spies at the radex airplane factory, where a new fighter plane is under manufacture. As well, its an expert exercise in film script construction. In the heightened tensions prior to world war ii, hollywood developed many films in the spy film genres such as nick carter, master detective. It wasnt easy getting away from nickeven if you took to sea and. Nick carter, master detective 1939 vintage original 27 x 41. Rhodes, martin cruz smith, george snyder, manning lee stokes. The wizard of clues nick carter lives again in the fierce brutaldangerous era of today.
The title was changed to nick carter, master detective shortly thereafter. Nick carter is a detective of great integrity and works to ensure that the right man is sent to the chair. Nick carter, master detective is a 1939 film starring walter pidgeon in the title role based on the longrunning radio series of the same name. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. The series, which consisted of three films, each starring walter pidgeon as nick carter, were all based on original screenplays and not the nick carter stories. This early opening for nick carter was one of radios best, as was the program it followed. Nick carter mysteries triple feature dvdr 1939 warner.
With only two bona fide cliffhanger endings, chick carter, detective found little favor with the small fry, its target audience. Just wanted to tell you im really enjoying the nick carter master detective series, with nick carter using his lockpicking skills in nearly every episode, with the able assistance of his sister patsy, and tracking the bad guys whose reactions are readily predictable. A male voice says, its another case for nick carter, master detective. In this film, carter investigates espionage at an aircraft factory. Premi film uscita trovastreaming domani in tv box office diventa fan. Film tragedia sul pacificopacific liner 1939 dramma, criminal. Nick carter, master detective opens this weeks case closed with murder in the crypt, an episode from august 2. The first of mgms three nick carter b movies, in which he not the period creation but a private eye in the contemporary mould. Nick carter, master detective 1939 the movie database. In it, nick was a pretty typical private eye of the time, caught somewhere between the two prevelant models of the time, somewhere between twofisted tough guy and gentlemanly sleuth, although there were some distinctive touches. The first of two nick carter films tourneur directed for mgm is a zippy, actionpacked mystery starring walter pidgeon as the unflappable dimenovel supersleuth who goes undercover at an airplane factory to track down spies stealing industryrevolutionizing aeronautical secrets. Nick carter was an extremely popular character in literature, that also spawned a successful radio series that ran about a dozen years. For the 1939 film, see nick carter, master detective film. In nick carter, master detective, someone is sabotaging the creation of an innovative highspeed aircraft at radex corporation.
Nick carter, master detective 1939 nick carter, master detective stream deutsch, nick carter, master detective kostenlos anschauen, nick carter, master detective kostenlos downloaden. See what the critics had to say and watch the trailer. Listen to classic nick carter master detective radio shows in mp3 format for free. Nick carter, master detective film at lincoln center. Jun 24, 2017 nick carter, master detective 19431955 aired monkey sees murder or nick carter and the mystery of the peruvian red mark on january 7, 1945. Nick carter, master detective 1939 jacques tourneur. Nick carter, master detective 1939 movie moviefone.
The delivery date is not guaranteed until you have checked out using an instant payment method. Nick carter, master detective was made in 1939 and was the first of three nick carter bpictures made by mgm with walter pidgeon in the starring role. Pulpnovel detective nick carter was created in the 1880s, but most film versions of the character have been updated to modern times. File nick carter, master detective 460416 231 nine hours to live. Nick carter first came to radio as the return of nick carter, a reference to the characters pulp origins, but the title was soon changed to nick carter, master detective. Jacques tourneur in nick carter, master detective 1939 rita johnson. Private eye nick carter s detective adventures encompassed over stories, a 19431955 radio series and, among his screen heroics, these three mgm bs starring walter pidgeon. Nick carter, master detective a monkey sees murder january 7, 1945 duration. Tourneur also directed the second in the nick carter series called the phantom raiders, but the final one, sky murder, was directed by george b. This b programmer was given a class treatment by the brilliant jacques tourneur and the artists of the mgm dream factory. This is only the 8th nick carter episode weve run since 2009, the last being this past december. The first entry in the series was nick carter, master detective 1939. The actor walter pidgeon portrayed the detective nick carter in a trilogy of films released by the. Nick carter, master detective 1939 directed by jacques.
Walter pidgeon as nicholas nick carter robert chalmers. Nick carter, master detective 1939 nick carter, master. Nick carter, master detective has been ranked 83 times, wins 31. Nick carter, master detective 1939 nick carter, master detective is the first in a three film mgm mystery series starring walter pidgeon. Carter s on the case when cargo ships are suspiciously scuttled off the panama coast in phantom raiders 1940. Trailer for the 1939 thriller, nick carter, master detective, starring walter pidgeon, rita stone, henry hull, donald meek and stanley. Fast moving, entertaining and with better than average production values for a bfeature. There is more than one author in the goodreads database with this name.
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