Scouts to the Rescue(1939)
ADVENTURE! THRILL! SUSPENSE! ACTION!..as Eagle Scout Jackie Cooper leads his hardy troop through breath-taking exploits!
Filmed in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Sonora, California, this Universal serial is Universal's 40th sound-era serial. Eagle Scout Bruce Scott, leader of Martinsville Troop Number One, and his pack sets off in search of lost treasure and finds adventure
Movie: Scouts to the Rescue
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Bruce Scott
Pat Scanlon
'Skeets' Scanlon
'Rip' Dawson
Henchman Pug O'Toole
Ken - a Boy Scout
Turk Mortensen
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Filmed in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Sonora, California, this Universal serial is Universal's 40th sound-era serial. Eagle Scout Bruce Scott, leader of Martinsville Troop Number One, and his pack sets off in search of lost treasure and finds adventure
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1939-01-17
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ADVENTURE! THRILL! SUSPENSE! ACTION!..as Eagle Scout Jackie Cooper leads his hardy troop through breath-taking exploits!
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