HOLT OF THE SECRET SERVICE (DVD/1.33:1/1941/B&W/2 DISCS) DVD

Holt of the Secret Service
Granite-jawed Jack Holt plays himself-or at least the screen version of "himself"-in the 15-chapter Columbia serial Holt of the Secret Service. To get the goods on a counterfeiting ring, federal agent Holt poses as master criminal Nick Farrel. The villains swallow this ruse hook, line and sinker, making one wonder how they ever had the intellectual capacity to flood the US with funny money. Aided and abetted by fellow agent Kay (Evelyn Brent), who poses as "Mrs. Farrel", Holt endures numerous brushes with death, emerging from all of them with nary a hair out of place nor a crease in his well-tailored business suit. As usual, director James W. Horne injects several moments of zany comedy in the proceedings: at one point, the villains receive a valuable piece of information, whereupon they all shout "Hooray" in unison! A less intentionally amusing aspect of the film is that neither Jack Holt nor Evelyn Brent change their clothes during the serial's 4-hour length, leading one to assume that the other cast members had lost their sense of smell. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast Jack Holt as Farrell Evelyn Brent as Kay Tristram Coffin as Valdin John Ward as Arnold Ted Adams as Quist Joe McGuinn as Chimp Edward Hearn as Jim

Crew James W. Horne - Director Dwight Caldwell - Editor Earl Turner - Editor Lee Zahler - Composer (Music Score) James S. Brown, Jr. - Cinematographer Basil Dickey - Screenwriter Wyndham Gittens - Screenwriter

Holt of the Secret Service
(not reviewed)
 

(no awards)

General Specifications: Language Options: English Subtitle Options: Sound Processing: DD1: Dolby Digital Mono Additional Features: Digitally remastered Chapter selection menu Bios & filmographies Bonus cliffhanger trailers DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1: Pre-1954 Standard MPAA Rating: NR DVD Discs Included: 2 DVD Sides: 2 DVD DVD Region Code: Content Length: 280 min