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| Directed by | Lewis D. Collins Ray Taylor |
| Written by | Joseph O'Donnell Harold Channing Wire Patricia Harper Dashiell Hammett (comic strip) |
| Produced by | Morgan Cox |
| Starring | Lloyd Bridges Keye Luke Jan Wiley Victoria Horne Samuel S. Hinds Cy Kendall |
| Cinematography | Maury Gertsman Ernest Miller |
| Edited by | Norman A. Cerf (supervisor) Irving Birnbaum Jack Dolan Alvin Todd Edgar Zane |
| Music by | Milton Rosen Paul Sawtell |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 13 chapters (246 minutes) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Secret Agent X-9 is a 1945 Universal movie serial based on the comic strip Secret Agent X-9. It was the second serial with this name, the first was released by Universal in 1937.
On a neutral island in the Pacific called Shadow Island (above the island of Formosa), run by American gangster Lucky Kamber, both sides in World War II attempt to control the secret of element 722, which can be used to create synthetic aviation fuel.
Secret Agent X-9 is based on the comic strip Secret Agent X-9 by Dashiell Hammett, Leslie Charteris and others. It was Universal's last comic strip adaptation (from 1936 to 1945, Universal made almost as many serial adaptations of comic strips as both of their rivals, Columbia and Republic, combined).[1] The serial reuses footage and Frank Skinner's score from Universal's Gung Ho! (1943).
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