CHICK CARTER, DETECTIVE 15 CHAPTER SERIAL 1946 Chick Carter, Detective is a 1946 Columbia film serial. Columbia could not afford the rights to produce a Nick Carter serial so they made Chick Carter, Detective about his son instead. This was based on the radio series Chick Carter, Boy Detective. A Nick Carter series was being made by MGM. PLOT: Nightclub owner Joe is leaned on by rival Nick to repay the loan he got to open his club since Nick wants to close up shop and move on. Joe is unable to come up with the amount of money needed so Nick suggests giving him the "Blue Diamond" a supposedly cursed necklace. Joe refuses and instead puts it in the paper that his singer will be wearing the necklace the next night. This sets in motion a series of plots and counter plots that leads to the theft of the diamond. The police are called in and Lt Chick Carter is put on the case. CAST: Lyle Talbot ... Chick Carter Douglas Fowley ... Rusty Farrell Julie Gibson ... Sherry Marvin Pamela Blake ... Ellen Dale Eddie Acuff ... Spud Warner - photographer Robert Elliott ... Dan Rankin George Meeker ... Nick Pollo Leonard Penn ... Vasky Charles King ... Joe Carney Jack Ingram ... Mack Joel Friedkin ... Jules Hoyt Eddie Parker ... Frank Sharp CHAPTERS: 1. Chick Carter Takes Over 2. Jump to Eternity 3. Grinding Wheels 4. Chick Carter Trapped 5. Out of Control 6. Chick Carter's Quest 7. Chick Carter's Frame-up 8. Chick Carter Gives Chase 9. Shadows in the Night 10. Run to Earth 11. Hurled Into Space 12. Chick Carter Faces Death 13. Rendezvous with Murder 14. Chick Carter Sets a Trap 15. Chick Carter Wins Out RUNNING TIME: 225 MIN (APPROX)