Buy Rare & Vintage Movies - Rare Serials

The Black Widow

(1947)
$24.99 - Free Shipping In The USA
The Daily Clarion hires detective story writer Steve Colt (Bruce Edwards) to investigate the deaths of a group of scientists working on an atomic rocket development project. Behind the killings is fortune teller Sombra (Carol Forman), a spy from an Asian country intent on world domination, who is determined to pilfer the atomic rocket by luring workers from the project to her parlor and killing them with black widow spider venom when they refuse to cooperate.

13 chapter serial, 2 VHS or DVD-R set.

Captain America

(1944)
$24.99 - Free Shipping In The USA
aka: Return Of Captain America
Superhero Captain America (Dick Purcell) battles the evil forces of the arch-villain called The Scarab (Lionel Atwill), who poisons his enemies and steals a secret device capable of destroying buildings by sound vibrations. Also stars Lorna Gray.

This was Dick Purcell's last screen appearance. On April 10th, 1944, after finishing a round of 18 on the golf course, Purcell went into a locker room to change his clothes but never came out. He was later found slumped over a couch, apparently from a massive heart attack. It has been said that the physically demanding role of Captain America (Purcell did his own stunts) contributed to his untimely death.

15 chapter serial, 2 VHS or DVD-R set.

The Crimson Ghost

(1946)
$24.99 - Free Shipping In The USA
A criminal mastermind known as The Crimson Ghost is out to steal a device called the Cyclotrode, which can short-circuit all electrical current on the planet. Stars Charles Quigley, Linda Stirling, Clayton Moore and I. Stanford Jolley. Also with Kenne Duncan.

Bud Geary wore the robes of the Crimson Ghost, but the voice that came out of the stationary skeletal mouth was that of I. Stanford Jolley, who was billed fourth in the cast. Another actor dubbed Jolley's character's response on the radio. Finally, a fourth actor played the Crimson Ghost's alter ego.

Alcoholism and ill health (he was on prescribed medication for a stroke suffered the year before) led to the suicide of Kenne Duncan from an overdose of barbiturates on February 5th, 1972. He was 68.

Duncan had made his longtime friend and drinking buddy, Z-grade writer/director Edward D. Wood Jr., the executor of his estate. After his funeral, a wake was held at Wood's swimming pool, with each of the guests reminiscing about Duncan standing on the diving board.

12 chapter serial, 2 VHS or DVD-R set.

Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc.

(1949)
$24.99 - Free Shipping In The USA
aka: The Golden Hands of Kurigal
The female leader (Carol Forman) of an international crime ring steals a valuable artifact that can give her the power to control men's minds. Federal agents (Kirk Alyn and James Dale) are dispatched to get it back and stop her evil plans. Also stars Rosemary La Planche and Roy Barcroft.

12 chapter serial, 2 VHS or DVD-R set.

The Fighting Devil Dogs

(1938)
$24.99 - Free Shipping In The USA
In Singapore, two US Marine Lieutenants, Tom Grayson (Lee Powell) and Frank Corby (Herman Brix), discover the threat of a new villain called The Lightning, a masked menace who uses a powerful lightning-based weapon in his bid for world conquest. Unfortunately, the battle becomes personal when The Lightning annihilates the officers' unit, and later kills Lt. Grayson's father as he was helping in the investigation of the weapon. Now, the young marines have dedicated themselves to stopping The Lightning and bringing him to justice.

12 chapter serial, 2 VHS or DVD-R set.

Flash Gordon

(1936)
$24.99 - Free Shipping In The USA
A rogue planet is rushing madly toward Earth when maverick scientist Dr. Zarkov (Frank Shannon) hopes to avert disaster by traveling to the new planet in his experimental rocket. Two strangers, the athletic Flash Gordon (Buster Crabbe) and damsel in distress Dale Arden (Jean Rogers) go with him. The three of them soon find Mongo to be a planet of wonders, warring factions, deadly perils and strange creatures. Later they discover that its orbit is controlled by Emperor Ming (Charles Middleton), who has his own sinister plans for Earth. Also stars Priscilla Lawson.

A former Olympic swimmer, Buster Crabbe acted only occasionally after World War II, devoting much of his time to his swimming pool corporation and the operation of a boys' camp in New York. He died on April 23rd, 1983 from a heart attack. He was 75.

13 chapter serial, 2 VHS or 1 DVD-R set.

Flash Gordon Conquers The Universe

(1940)
$24.99 - Free Shipping In The USA
A mysterious plague, the Purple Death, ravages Earth. Dr. Zarkov, investigating in his spaceship, finds a ship from planet Mongo seeding the atmosphere with dust. So Flash (Buster Crabbe), Dale and Zarkov go back to Mongo, this time with ready-made allies waiting: Prince Barin of Arboria and Queen Fria of the frozen northern land of Frigia, where polarite, antidote to the plague, is found.

12 chapter serial, 2 VHS or DVD-R set.

Flash Gordon's Trip To Mars

(1938)
$24.99 - Free Shipping In The USA
Flash (Buster Crabbe), Dale and Dr. Zarkov return from their former space adventures only to find that their enemy, Ming the Merciless of planet Mongo, has a new weapon: a deadly ray that crosses space to wreak havoc on Earth. Earth's only hope is for our heroes to take off again and stop the ray at its source on Mars, where they must battle Ming's ally, Queen Azura, who turns her enemies into lumpish clay people.

15 chapter serial, 2 VHS or DVD-R set.

Flying Disc Man From Mars

(1950)
$24.99 - Free Shipping In The USA
A strange craft spying on industrialist Bryant's (James Craven) plant is brought down by his new atomic ray. Bryant then meets the one survivor... Mota from the planet Mars. Not exactly benevolent, Mota enlists the aid of Bryant (a former Nazi) in a scheme to bring Earth under control of a supreme dictator, for its own good of course, using advanced atomic weapons. But their attempts to steal uranium alert Kent Fowler of Fowler Air Patrol, who sets out single-handed to foil the villains. Fist-fights and wrecks result in every episode.

12 chapter serial, 2 VHS or DVD-R set.

The Invisible Monster

(1950)
$24.99 - Free Shipping In The USA
aka's: Phantom Ruler/Slaves Of The Invisible Monster
The criminal mastermind known as the Phantom (Stanley Price) has perfected a means whereby clothes coated with a chemical of his own invention disappear under a certain light. Insurance investigator Lane Carson (Richard Webb) is brought into stop the Phantom before he steals the money he needs to set up an invisible fifth column. Also with Aline Towne.

12 chapter serial, 2 VHS or DVD-R set.

King Of The Rocket Men

(1949)
$24.99 - Free Shipping In The USA
A group of atomic researchers, Science Associates, is being decimated by remote control. The survivors suspect that the villain, calling himself "Dr. Vulcan," is one of themselves, bent on a monopoly of their technological wonders. Jeff King (Tristram Coffin) is assigned to safeguard the group's secrets. For a professor he's very handy with his fists and has the added advantage of a secret, experimental rocket suit that enables him to fly. But Dr. Vulcan has deadly devices also. Can the Rocket Man expose Vulcan without revealing his own identity?

12 chapter serial, 2 VHS or DVD-R set.

Mysterious Doctor Satan

(1940)
$24.99 - Free Shipping In The USA
aka: Doctor Satan's Robot
A mad scientist named Dr. Satan (Edward Ciannelli) plots to steal key pieces of technology to enable him to build an army of robots, based on his prototype, to conquer America. The only thing standing in his way is Bob Wayne (Robert Wilcox), who fights Satan as the enigmatic Copperhead.

15 chapter serial, 2 VHS or DVD-R set.

Nyoka And The Tigermen

(1942)
$24.99 - Free Shipping In The USA
aka: Perils Of Nyoka
Professor Campbell's (Forbes Murray) expedition into the hills of Libya obtains a papyrus which might reveal the hiding place of the Golden Tablets of Hippocrates, which contains lost medical secrets. Also in the region is intrepid Nyoka Gordon (Kay Aldridge), still seeking her father, lost on a previous expedition. She alone can translate the papyrus, which directs our heroes through deadly perils, including the Tunnel of Bubbling Death, into the land of the Tuaregs. Opposing them are Vultura, Queen of the Desert (Lorna Gray), and her Arab ally Cassib (Charles Middleton), both greedy for the treasure. Also stars Clayton Moore.

15 chapter serial, 2 VHS or DVD-R set.

Panther Girl Of The Kongo

(1955)
$24.99 - Free Shipping In The USA
aka: The Claw Monsters
Jean Evans (Phyllis Coates), from an international wildlife foundation, has made herself at home in Africa as the elephant-riding, vine-swinging, mini-skirted "Panther Girl." On safari to film animals, Jean encounters something really strange: giant crayfish monsters (created by greedy scientist Dr. Morgan (Arthur Space) who, with his henchmen, hopes to scare everyone out of the district, then secretly mine diamonds). Jungle perils aplenty stand between Jean and her hunter friend Larry (Myron Healey) and their goal of tracking the Claw Monsters to its source.

12 chapter serial, 2 VHS or DVD-R set.

Perils Of The Darkest Jungle

(1944)
$24.99 - Free Shipping In The USA
aka: The Tiger Woman
Greedy oil speculators, led by Morgan (George Lewis), are trying to force Tiger Woman (Linda Stirling) and her band of warriors from their jungle home. Allen Saunders (Allen Lane) of Inter-Ocean Oil wants to develop the oil too, but fights with Tiger Woman to stop the bad guys.

12 chapter serial, 2 VHS or DVD-R set.

The Phantom Creeps

(1939)
$24.99 - Free Shipping In The USA
aka: The Shadow Creeps
A military intelligence officer and a pretty reporter try to find a scientist (Bela Lugosi) whose inventions, including a huge and destructive robot (Ed Wolff), can destroy the world.

12 chapter serial, 2 VHS or DVD-R set.

The Phantom Empire

(1935)
$24.99 - Free Shipping In The USA
aka: Gene Autry And The Phantom Empire
Gene Autry faces the futuristic "Thunder Riders" from the subterranean city of Murania, located 20,000 feet beneath his ranch. A complete serial in 12 episodes. If you only see one science-fiction western in your life, this is the one.

12 chapter serial, 2 VHS or DVD-R set.

The Purple Monster Strikes

(1945)
$24.99 - Free Shipping In The USA
A Martian spacecraft crash-lands near the observatory of Cyrus Layton (James Craven), designer of Earth's first spaceship. The survivor (Roy Barcroft), a forerunner of an invasion, can assume the form of any earth man. Calling himself the "purple monster," the humanoid invader sets about gaining control of Layton's rocket project. Opposing him is Craig Foster (Dennis Moore), former Secret Service man, who episode by episode tries to thwart the monster's attempts to acquire rocket components. Will Craig ever suspect that his closest associate is really the monster?

15 chapter serial, 2 VHS or DVD-R set.

Radar Men From The Moon

(1952)
$24.99 - Free Shipping In The USA
aka: Planet Men From Mars
Strategic targets on Earth are being destroyed by an unknown weapon. Government security head Henderson suspects that it's an "atomic ray" originating from the moon. He then assigns Commando Cody (George Wallace), scientist and man of action with a secret flying suit, to investigate. Soon Cody is battling Earth-thugs in the pay of Krog the Moon Man (Peter Brocco) and making trips in his experimental rocket to the moon itself, in a perilous and all but singlehanded effort to thwart the planned invasion of Earth. Also stars Aline Towne and Roy Barcroft.

12 chapter serial on 1 DVD-R or VHS.

While on vacation in Pisa, Italy, George Wallace suffered a fall. The injuries he sustained and the complications from it led to his death at the age of 88 on July 22nd, 2005.

The Spider Returns

(1941)
$24.99 - Free Shipping In The USA
A gang of saboteurs, led by The Gargoyle, a mysterious and powerful agent for an unnamed country, plays havoc with National Defense projects. Socialite Richard Wentworth (Warren Hull), alias the Spider, returns to continue his crusade against the underworld. Also stars Mary Ainslee and Dave O'Brien.

15 chapter serial, sold as a 2 DVD-R set.

This rare serial was transferred from a good 16mm film print and features the best picture quality currently available anywhere.

page 1 of 2 >>>