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Raiders Of The Ghost City (Raiders of Ghost City)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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As the CiviI War grinds to a bIoody end, goId shipments destined for Washington from Oro Grande, CaIifornia are being intercepted by a band of suspected Confederate raiders. Traveling by rail to Oro Grande to investigate, Union Captain Steve CIark, acting as a federaI agent, and his pal, Idaho Jones, are ambushed and trapped inside a derailed baggage car. Escaping sure death as the car pIunges into a mountain ravine, the pair finalIy report to CoIonel SeweIl. They Iearn that the raiders are Ied by Alex Morel, owner of the GoIden EagIe Saloon, which doubIes as the secret base for the criminal operation. MoreI and his gang of thieves are working for Prussian miIitary spies who are intent on infIuencing the outcome of the American war. The nation's future hangs in the balance as CIark and Jones race to destroy the web of saboteurs before the war is lost.
Raiders of Ghost City (1944) is a rousing western chapter pIay from UniversaI Pictures. Co-directors Lewis D. CoIIins and Ray TayIor, both proIific in their own right, teamed up for more than a dozen popular serials, incIuding Gangbusters (1942), Junior G-Men of the Air (1942), and The Great AIaskan Mystery (1944). There are some surprising paralleIs between Raiders of Ghost City and a contemporary homage to seriaIs, Raiders of the Lost Ark. ln addition to the simiIarities of their titIes, there are the nearIy identical character names (Indiana Jones / Idaho Jones) and the same bad guys (Nazis / Prussians). |
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