Secret Agent X-9 (1937 serial)

Secret Agent X-9 (1937) is a Universal film serial based on the comic strip Secret Agent X-9 by Dashiell Hammett and Alex Raymond.

Plot
G-Men learn that "Victor Brenda", a notorious jewel thief, is heading for the US, to steal the Belgravian crown jewels currently on exhibit. The jewels are placed on a ship bound for Belgravia. However, the guard is murdered and the treasures are stolen. Agent Dexter, alias Agent X-9, trails Blackstone, one of the gang members, who hides the jewels in a safe deposit vault of a bank. He takes the bank receipt to an art shop, where Marker, a paid accomplice, conceals it between an oil painting and its frame. Dexter arrests Blackstone and pursues Marker with the full intention of unmasking Brenda.

Cast

 * Scott Kolk as Agent Dexter (X-9)
 * Jean Rogers as Shara Graustark
 * Henry Brandon as Blackstone/Victor T. Brenda
 * David Oliver as Pidge
 * Monte Blue as Baron Michael Karsten
 * Lon Chaney Jr. as Maroni, primary henchman
 * Ben Hewlett as Scarlett, primary henchman
 * Larry J. Blake as Chief FBI Agent Wheeler
 * Henry Hunter as FBI Agent Tommy Dawson (C-5)
 * George Shelley as Packard, a henchman
 * Lynn Gilbert as Rose, gun moll
 * Robert Dalton as Thurston
 * Leonard Lord as Ransom, dissident henchman
 * Bob Kortman as "Trader" Delaney
 * Eddy Waller as Lawyer Carp
 * Si Jenks as "Jolly Roger", ticket barker

Production
Secret Agent X-9 was based on the comic strip by Dashiell Hammett (writer) and Alex Raymond (artist).

Stunts

 * George Magrill
 * Eddie Parker doubling Scott Kolk
 * Tom Steele doubling Henry Brandon & Jack Cheatham

Chapter titles
Source:
 * 1) Modern Pirates
 * 2) The Ray That Blinds
 * 3) The Man of Many Faces
 * 4) The Listening Shadow
 * 5) False Fires
 * 6) The Dragnet
 * 7) Sealed Lips
 * 8) Exhibit A
 * 9) The Masquerader
 * 10) The Forced Lie
 * 11) The Enemy Camp
 * 12) Crime Does Not Pay