The Secret Code (serial)

The Secret Code (1942) was the 19th serial released by Columbia Pictures. It features the masked hero "The Black Commando" facing Nazi saboteurs, inspired by Republic Pictures' successful Spy Smasher serial of the same year. The chapters of this serial each ended with a brief tutorial in cryptography.

The Secret Code
Lobby card (courtesy of Cinefania.com)
Directed bySpencer G. Bennet
Screenplay byBasil Dickey
Robert M. Beche
(as Robert Beche)
Leighton Brill
Produced byRalph Cohn
StarringPaul Kelly
Anne Nagel
Narrated byKnox Manning
CinematographyJames S. Brown Jr.
Black and white
Edited byEarl Turner
Music byLee Zahler
Production
company
Columbia Pictures
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • September 4, 1942 (1942-09-04)
Running time
275 minutes
(15 episodes)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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