| Tim Tyler's Luck | |
| Director: | Ford Beebe Wyndham Gittens |
| Producer: | Henry MacRae Elmer Tambert (associate) |
| Starring: | Frankie Thomas Frances Robinson Jack Mulhall Al Shean Norman Willis |
| Music: | William Schiller Clifford Vaughan |
| Cinematography: | Jerome Ash |
| Editing: | Saul A. Goodkind (supervisor) Joseph Gluck Louis Sackin Alvin Todd |
| Distributor: | Universal Pictures |
| Runtime: | 12 chapters (212 minutes) |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
Tim Tyler's Luck (1937) is a Universal movie serial based on the comic strip Tim Tyler's Luck.
Tim Tyler stows away on a ship bound for Africa to find his father, Professor James Tyler. He meets, and is joined by, Lora Lacey, who is chasing the criminal "Spider" Webb, the man responsible for framing her brother.
Author Raymond William Stedman considers Tim Tyler's Luck to be perhaps the best of Universal's "Jungle Thrillers." Tim Tyler's Luck has good direction and convincing performances. The serial has quiet moments balancing the action, which was rare for a serial. The characterization is more nuanced than "might have been expected in an action serial".[1]
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All 12 chapters were released on a single DVD on February 28, 2006 with special features including a 2005 interview with Frankie Thomas, bios, the original theatrical trailer, and bonus classic cliffhanger trailers.