swap_horiz Ace Drummond Alternatives

1

Terry and the Pirates

1940 Columbia serial based on Milton Caniff's popular adventure comic strip, following aviator Terry Lee battling wartim...

Adventure Action Comic Strip Columbia

6.7 Fair

2

Don Winslow of the Navy

1942 Universal serial based on Frank Martinek's comic-strip hero, starring Don Terry as Navy officer Don Winslow combati...

Military Adventure Universal Naval

6.6 Fair

3

Brick Bradford

Brick Bradford is a 1947 American Columbia film serial based on the popular science fiction comic strip, following an ad...

Adventure Sci Fi Comic Strip 1947

6.5 Fair

4

Sky Raiders

1941 Universal serial centered on aviation adventure and wartime sabotage on the home front, starring Donald Woods and E...

Adventure Action Universal Aviation

6.4 Fair

5

Undersea Kingdom

1936 Republic 12-chapter serial starring Ray Corrigan as a naval officer who discovers the submerged civilization of Atl...

Adventure Sci Fi 1936 Republic

6.3 Fair

6

The Adventures of Smilin' Jack

1943 Universal serial based on Zack Mosley's syndicated aviation comic strip, starring Tom Brown as WWII combat pilot Sm...

Adventure Wartime Universal Aviation

6.3 Fair

7

Junior G-Men of the Air

1942 Universal serial and sequel to Junior G-Men, reuniting the Little Tough Guys in an aviation-themed story combating...

Youth Wartime Universal Aviation

6.2 Fair

8

Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery

Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery is a 1935 American film serial directed by Ray Taylor, serving as the second Uni...

Universal Sequel Aviation 1935

6.1 Fair

9

Tim Tyler's Luck

1937 Universal serial based on Lyman Young's adventure comic strip, starring Frankie Thomas as a resourceful young man s...

Adventure Comic Strip Universal 1937

6.1 Fair

10

Red Barry

1938 Universal serial based on Will Gould's newspaper comic strip, starring Buster Crabbe as wisecracking detective Red...

Adventure Crime Comic Strip Universal

6.1 Fair

11

Scouts to the Rescue

1939 Universal serial starring Jackie Cooper as a resourceful Boy Scout who assists federal agents in capturing a danger...

Adventure Action Youth Universal

6.1 Fair

12

Sea Raiders

1941 Universal serial starring the Little Tough Guys as young home-front patriots who expose Axis saboteurs targeting Am...

Adventure Youth Universal Naval

6.1 Fair

13

Jungle Jim

1937 Universal serial based on Alex Raymond's jungle adventure comic strip, starring Grant Withers as the pith-helmeted...

Adventure Comic Strip Universal 1937

6.0 Fair

14

Secret Agent X-9

1937 Universal 12-chapter serial loosely based on Dashiell Hammett's Secret Agent X-9 comic strip, following a federal o...

Adventure Action Universal Spy

6.0 Fair

15

Tailspin Tommy

Tailspin Tommy is a 1934 American film serial directed by Lew Landers, notable as the first serial adaptation of a popul...

Adventure Universal Aviation 1934

5.9 Mediocre

16

The Vigilantes Are Coming

1936 Republic 12-chapter western serial set in early California, featuring a masked hero who battles a tyrannical would-...

Adventure Action Western 1936

5.9 Mediocre

17

Darkest Africa

1936 Republic serial starring circus lion-tamer Clyde Beatty in an African adventure, notable as one of the earliest ser...

Adventure Animal Jungle 1936

5.8 Mediocre

18

Wild West Days

1937 Universal western serial starring Johnny Mack Brown as a frontier scout defending settlers from outlaw gangs during...

Adventure Action Universal Western

5.7 Mediocre

19

The Phantom of the Air

The Phantom of the Air is a 1933 American Pre-Code film serial directed by Ray Taylor, centered on the development of a...

Adventure Universal Aviation 1933

5.5 Mediocre

20

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

1936 Universal serial adapting Gilbert Patten's long-running Frank Merriwell dime-novel athlete character, following the...

Adventure Youth Universal Sports

5.5 Mediocre