Genre:
Crime + Action + Adventure + Drama

Synopsis:
THE GREEN ARCHER tells the story two well-to-do brothers, Michael (Kenne Duncan) and Abel (Michael Kraven) Bellamy. Michael just got married to his sweetheart Elaine (Dorothy Fay) and just wants to live a normal life in the castle his family inherited from their heirs. His evil brother Abel however is not satisfied with a normal life, and uses his half of the family fortune to build his own criminal empire on the grounds of family’s castle. Abel despises his brother because Michael married Abel’s ex-girlfriend, and uses all his power and influence to set his brother up for a crime he did not commit. Then when Michael is transported to prison via train, Abel commits the ultimate sin—he has his gang of thugs plant explosives on the tracks, thereby sending the train tumbling down into a valley and Michael to his supposed death. Michael’s apparent demise catches the attention of Police Inspector Ross (Joseph Girard) and hard-boiled Insurance Investigator Spike Holland (Victor Jory). But the Bellamy family legend says that when trouble beckons, the mysterious Green Archer shall appear to set things right. And while Abel feels unstoppable with his gang and well-protected in his castle of doom, since the Michael’s death, the Green Archer has risen again and started dispatching Abel’s henchmen. To further protect himself, Abel has his men kidnap Elaine to hold as a hostage. Meanwhile Spike Holland is on the trail of Abel and joins unknowingly becomes an ally of the Green Archer as they both have plans to take out the criminal mastermind, Abel…
(from dvdcult.com)

Casts:
Victor Jory ... Spike Holland
Iris Meredith ... Valerie Howett
James Craven ... Abel Bellamy
Robert Fiske ... Savini
Dorothy Fay ... Elaine Bellamy
Forrest Taylor ... Parker Howett
Jack Ingram ... Henchman Brad
Joseph W. Girard ... Inspector Ross
Fred Kelsey ... Capt. Thompson
Kit Guard ... Dinky Stone

Runtime:
285 min (15 chapters)

Note:
Aside from the obvious allusions to Robin Hood, the Green Arrow character was inspired by a few different sources, including Edgar Wallace's novel The Green Archer (and the 1940 Columbia Pictures serial of the same name based on the novel), and Fawcett Publications' earlier archery-themed hero Golden Arrow.

Superheroes:
The Green Archer

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