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Feature film — 1940

Mysterious Doctor Satan (1940)

6.04h 27mAction — Adventure — Crime — Science Fiction

A mad scientist named Dr. Satan plots to steal key pieces of technology to enable him to build an army of robots based on his prototype to conquer America. The only one standing in his way is Bob Wayne, who fights Satan as the enigmatic Copperhead. Mysterious Doctor Satan is a 1940 film serial named after its chief villain. Doctor Satan's main opponent is the masked mystery man, "The Copperhead", whose secret identity is Bob Wayne, a man searching for justice and revenge on Satan for the death of his step-father. The serial charts the conflict between the two as Bob Wayne pursues Doctor Satan, while the latter completes his plans for world domination.

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Republic Pictures

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Director: William Witney

On screen

Cast & crew

Eduardo Ciannelli as Doctor Satan

Eduardo Ciannelli

Doctor Satan

Robert Wilcox as Bob Wayne / Copperhead

Robert Wilcox

Bob Wayne / Copperhead

William Newell as Speed Martin

William Newell

Speed Martin

C. Montague Shaw as Prof. Thomas Scott

C. Montague Shaw

Prof. Thomas Scott

Ella Neal as Lois Scott

Ella Neal

Lois Scott

D

Dorothy Herbert

Alice Brent

Charles Trowbridge as Gov. Bronson

Charles Trowbridge

Gov. Bronson

Jack Mulhall as Police Chief Rand

Jack Mulhall

Police Chief Rand

Edwin Stanley as Col. Bevans

Edwin Stanley

Col. Bevans

Walter McGrail as Stoner

Walter McGrail

Stoner

Joe McGuinn as Gort

Joe McGuinn

Gort

Bud Geary as Hallett

Bud Geary

Hallett

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