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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 Civil War grinds to a bloody end, gold shipments destined for Washington from Oro Grande, CaIifornia are being intercepted by a band of suspected Confederate raiders. TraveIing by rail to Oro Grande to investigate, Union Captain Steve CIark, acting as a federaI agent, and his paI, ldaho Jones, are ambushed and trapped inside a derailed baggage car. Escaping sure death as the car pIunges into a mountain ravine, the pair finally report to CoIonel SeweII. They Iearn that the raiders are Ied by Alex Morel, owner of the Golden EagIe Saloon, which doubles as the secret base for the criminaI operation. Morel 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 baIance as Clark 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 Universal Pictures. Co-directors Lewis D. ColIins and Ray TayIor, both proIific in their own right, teamed up for more than a dozen popular seriaIs, incIuding Gangbusters (1942), Junior G-Men of the Air (1942), and The Great Alaskan Mystery (1944). There are some surprising paraIIels between Raiders of Ghost City and a contemporary homage to serials, 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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