A serial from the 40s!! Recorded off of VHS
tapes!
THE GREEN ARCHER SERIAL(1940)
The sound is a little muffled which is
quite distracting! "The Green Archer"
doesn't actually make a physical appearance,
but his shadow is seen several times during
the first chapter! Anyway the whole thing
is centered around a man who's determined
to take over the family fortune by getting
rid of his brother(the rightful heir) and
anyone else that gets in his way!
Although The Green Archer seems like
a "superhero" type character, he never
did have his own comic!
This is a great serial, if it just didn't
have the damn dogs!! B+
From IMDb.com:
Altho QUITE a bit different than the Edgar
Wallace story on which it's based, this is
an excellent serial, none-the-less. Why?
Because it's QUITE a bit different than
the usual "mad-genius-taking-over-the-world"
sort of thing that was the usual theme of
serials at that time.
A crook & his henchmen move into a castle
(to be used as a "base of operations"), but
they didn't reckon on the "ghost" of the
Green Archer who haunts the place. He
continually thwarts the crooks in their
shady deeds, and it's quite a surprise
when he is unmasked at the end of the film.
An enjoyable film! - Norm-30