Manhunt of Mystery Island (1945)

Director
Spencer Gordon Bennet; Yakima Canutt; Wallace Grissell

Main cast
Richard Bailey; Linda Stirling; Roy Barcroft; Kenne Duncan; Forrest Taylor

Genres
Action, Sci-Fi

Description
Claire Forrest seeks her kidnapped scientist father, hidden somewhere on Mystery Island. He is held and forced to work on diabolical inventions by Captain Mephisto, a costumed villain.


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