Daredevils of the Red Circle (1939)

Sadly Over-hyped

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

This is ultimately a movie about the very bad things that can happen when we don't address our unease, when we just try to brush it off, whether that's to fit in or to preserve our self-image.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

I saw the first chapter of Daredevils of the Red Circle on TV as a kid. I never forgot it but never saw the rest. Almost 60 years later I saw the famous tunnel scene again in the TCM presentation The Republic Story. Finally I knew the name of the serial. I purchased the video tape with some trepidation because first and last episodes are always the best, often with dross in between. I loved it. Great action, great stunts, great plot, great villains. I recently dubbed my copy to DVD so I had the chance to watch it again. Still loved it.I have a soft spot in my heart for the serials of my youth, particularly The Phantom Empire. I've walked through the entrance to Murania at Bronson Canyon and the steps outside the control room at Griffith Observatory. I watch it and other syfy serials regularly. But despite the lack of futuristic hokum I have to admit that Daredevils is a notch above any serial I've seen.

In the Year 1939 you would have to visit the movie theater for about twelve weeks in a row in order to find out the complete ending to this film. This film involves three Circus Stuntmen who are acrobats and one of their brothers is killed which is caused by #39013, Harry Crowel in revenge for Horace Granville sending him to jail who was his former partner in his business. Carole Landis, (Blanche Granville)"I Wake Up Screaming" is the daughter to Horace Granville and finds out about a wicked scheme that #39013 has planned against her farther and if she tells her father will die. There is plenty of action, secret doors, secret panels and plenty of bombs being set off, with water rushing through tunnels and more and more. Great Classic film from 1939, this one you will really enjoy.

I remember seeing this as an eight year old kid back at the Amo Theater in Detroit. I see it now every six months and it still thrills me to see the best of Republic at work. The principle actors are all most enjoyable. Charles Middleton is supurb once again as the nasty villan. The one episode that has really stuck with me all my 71 years is the outstanding tunnel scenes. Everytime I'm in San Francisco and take the BART under the Bay waters I think of that episode and get a little relived when I reach the other side. Al Guzman Las Vegas, NV

39013, an escaped convict, carries out his revenge on the man who put him in prison, by imprisoning Granville and impersonating him, with the aid of Granville's traitorous aides. When destroying all of Granville's holdings in order to ruin him, he burns down the Granville Amusement Center, which claims the life of the younger brother of one of three circus daredevils. The three daredevils then swear vengeance against 39013, and are hired by Granville to hunt him down, even though the impersonation is in effect. Brilliant plot, with the best chapter endings caught on film, especially one and eight, and one is probably the greatest of all, with Gene trying to outrace on motorcycle a torrent of water quickly filling up a tunnel. 12 chapters. In terms of serials, 10 out of 10.