Mysterious Doctor Satan

IMDb 5.0 1940 • 267 min • ActionAdventureCrimeScience Fiction

Director

William Witney

Country

US

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Eduardo Ciannelli
Eduardo Ciannelli Doctor Satan
Robert Wilcox
Robert Wilcox Bob Wayne / Copperhead
William Newell
William Newell Speed Martin
C. Montague Shaw
C. Montague Shaw Prof. Thomas Scott
Ella Neal
Ella Neal Lois Scott