Holt of the Secret Service (1942)

Platform:  DVD MOVIE Publisher:  ALPHA VIDEO Packaging:  DVD STYLE BOX Tough talking quick-fisted Secret Service agent Jack Holt infiltrates a gang of counterfeiters who are flooding the market with undetectable phony bills. A shadowy criminal syndicate has kidnapped one of the government's best engravers to print the bogus currency and Holt has been called up to destroy the operation from the inside. Posing as a dangerous criminal Jack gains entrance to the gang's remote mountain hideout bringing fellow agent Kay Drew along. Operating among the enemy Holt and Drew struggle to keep their true identities from being revealed through fifteen exciting chapters.Rugged leading man Jack Holt garnered early career success in a series of Zane Grey westerns. A top draw during the silent film era Holt made an easy transition when talkies arrived but stayed in familiar territory acting mainly in B westerns and adventure yarns. Starring: Jack Holt & Tristram CoffinDirected by: James W. Horne DVD Details: Run Time: 279 minutesNumber of Discs: 1Originally Released in 1941Black & WhiteNo region encoding; For global distribution. Product Description

Holt on to your hat

Hawk-faced Jack Holt may be the toughest screen good guy of all time. With nerves of steel and fists of iron, Holt takes on crowds of villains and always manages to come out the winner. HOLT OF THE SECRET SERVICE features 15 chapters of breathtaking action that starts immediately in episode #1 and never lets up for a second!

THE STORY:
Agent Jack Holt and his partner Evelyn Brent infiltrate a counterfeiting gang that's kidnapped a government engraver and are producing undetectable bogus money.

THE CAST;
Jack Holt - Jack Holt (aka Nick Farrel)
Evelyn Brent - Kay Drew, R49 (aka Mrs. Farrel)
C. Montague Shaw - Chief John W. Malloy
Tristram Coffin - Ed Valdin [Chs. 1-10]
John Ward - 'Lucky' Arnold
Ted Adams - Quist
Joe McGuinn - 'Crimp' Evans
Edward Hearn - Agent Jim Layton

TRIVIA:
Jack Holt's cinematic career began with a series of silent screen Zane Grey westerns. He was one of the few stars of that era to make a successful transition when "talkies" arrived in the late 1920s.

Leads Jack Holt and Evelyn Brent wear the same clothes for all 15 chapters! (Can you say: "major dry cleaning bill"?)

Director James Horne previously worked with Laurel & Hardy. He was notorious for injecting humorous moments into serials he supervised.

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