{"id":5500,"date":"2008-04-29T11:15:49","date_gmt":"2008-04-29T18:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5500"},"modified":"2021-01-17T20:35:39","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T03:35:39","slug":"nick-carter-master-detective-1939","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5500","title":{"rendered":"Nick Carter, Master Detective (1939)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;They&#8217;re after something now that&#8217;s going to break us if they get it.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Nick-Carter-Master-Detective-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Nick-Carter-Master-Detective-Poster-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-22691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Nick-Carter-Master-Detective-Poster-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Nick-Carter-Master-Detective-Poster-82x128.jpg 82w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/Nick-Carter-Master-Detective-Poster.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nDetective Nick Carter (Walter Pidgeon) investigates espionage at the Radex Airplane Factory while courting a lovely female nurse (Rita Johnson) and dealing with an admiring amateur sleuth (Donald Meek).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Detectives and Private Eyes<\/li>\n<li>Jacques Tourneur Films<\/li>\n<li>Spies<\/li>\n<li>Walter Pidgeon Films<\/li>\n<li>World War II<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAfter acquiring the rights to adapt all 1,100 stories featuring famed fictional detective Nick Carter, MGM ended up producing just three &#8220;Nick Carter films&#8221; &#8212; all of which were based on original plots. This first entry in the &#8220;trilogy&#8221;, competently directed by Jacques Tourneur, features a debonair young Walter Pidgeon in the title role: he&#8217;s both a ladies&#8217; man (he immediately captures the interest of Rita Johnson&#8217;s character) and a no-nonsense man-of-action, capable of drawing a gun on the enemy at a moment&#8217;s notice. Less impressive (though some disagree) is Donald Meek as &#8220;Bartholomew the Bee Man&#8221;, whose bumbling characterization is clearly meant to serve as a comedic foil, but instead is merely an unnecessary distraction. At less than an hour long, <em>Nick Carter<\/em> moves quickly, and features several exciting actions sequences; with that said, it&#8217;s really only &#8220;must see&#8221; viewing for fans of B-grade detective flicks, and\/or those curious to see Pidgeon in one of his earliest roles. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Walter Pidgeon in his first leading role as Nick Carter<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/nick-carter-pidgeon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/nick-carter-pidgeon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5576\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A fast-paced, entertaining screenplay<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/nick-carter-screenplay.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/nick-carter-screenplay.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5577\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s worth a look if you stumble upon it. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0031721\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1939\/12\/14\/archives\/the-screen-nick-carter-master-detective-belatedly-joins-the-ranks.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/nick-carter-master-detective-1\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re after something now that&#8217;s going to break us if they get it.&#8221; Synopsis: Detective Nick Carter (Walter Pidgeon) investigates espionage at the Radex Airplane Factory while courting a lovely female nurse (Rita Johnson) and dealing with an admiring amateur sleuth (Donald Meek). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Detectives and Private Eyes Jacques Tourneur Films Spies Walter Pidgeon Films World War II Review: After acquiring the rights to adapt all 1,100 stories featuring famed fictional detective Nick Carter, MGM ended&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5500\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5500"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64008,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5500\/revisions\/64008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}