Radar Secret Service
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Cast & Crew
Sam Newfield
John Howard
Adele Jergens
Tom Neal
Myrna Dell
Sid Melton
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At the Radar Secret Service office in Washington, D.C., radar operator Bill Travis, using the newest radar technology, locates the gun used in the Allen murder case. Meanwhile, at a café, gangster Micky Moran's girl friend Lila keeps track of a shipment of uranium ore that the gang plans to hijack. Radar operators, using a surveillance device called the "Tele-Meter," which is mounted onto the roof of their truck, follow the uranium load as it makes its way to the atomic plant. En route, two of Moran's men hijack the truck and kill the drivers. When the radar operators see the truck take an unexpected turn off the main road, they send agents to follow it. Blacky, a gangster hoping to quit crime and marry waitress Marge, is captured by the radar men, but the other driver escapes with the uranium. Fearing more trouble from the radar truck, Michael, the gang's contact man, orders Moran to destroy the truck, then deliver the uranium to his yacht on the river. Radar agents later link Marge to the gangster operation when they find a picture of her with an inscription from Blacky. At the café, the agents trace the telephone number Marge dials to call Blacky to Moran's. Back at the Radar Department, Bill finds the car containing the missing uranium on his "Tele-Meter" and reports the location of the truck to the radar agents assigned to follow it. The agents follow the truck to a remote location, where they seize part of the uranium but fail to capture the hijackers. Bill is later knocked unconscious by Moran while trying to question one of his men. He is found by Marge, whom he recognizes as Blacky's girl friend, and enlists her help in finding Moran. Hoping to elude the agents, Michael tells Moran to send one of his men out with a decoy shipment of uranium while the bulk of the uranium is trucked to the dock. As the decoy car, which has been tampered with by Moran, crashes, Moran drives the rest of the uranium to the yacht. The Radar Department's helicopter spots the car en route to the dock, and a shootout ensues between the Secret Service agents and the hijackers. Moran is injured in the gunfight, but manages to escape to Lila's, where he points his gun at Michael and Lila. Michael shoots Moran, but Marge arrives before they can flee, and threatens to shoot Moran unless Blacky is released. Moran then shoots Marge, but Bill arrives in time to arrest Moran and Lila. With the radar's usefulness proven, Hamilton, the head of operations at the radar center, tells Bill that the budget for future development of the device will be increased.
Director
Sam Newfield
Cast
John Howard
Adele Jergens
Tom Neal
Myrna Dell
Sid Melton
Ralph Byrd
Robert Kent
Pierre Watkin
Tristram Coffin
Riley Hill
Robert Carson
Kenne Duncan
Marshall Reed
John Mckee
Holly Bane
Bob Woodward
Boyd Stockman
Bill Crespinel
Bill Hammond
Jan Kayne
Crew
Lou Asher
Ralph Black
Ralph Black
Noble Craig
Archie Dalzell
Harry Eckles
Emily Ehrlich
Russell Garcia
Milton Gold
Dick Hazard
Frank Jenkins
Stanley Kuffell
George Lane
Murray Lerner
Robert L. Lippert
Ray Mercer
Ernest Miller
James Paisley
Carl Pierson
Fred Preble
Harry Rief
Beryl Sachs
Barney A. Sarecky
Earl Snyder
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The working title of this film was Radar Patrol. The film opens with an offscreen narration explaining the many uses of radar. Republic Studios also produced a serial entitled Radar Patrol vs. Spy Kings, but the serial is unrelated to this film.
