The Vigilante 1947 Chapter 3

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THE VIGILANTE (1947) – Public Domain Super Heroes

William Stirling’s The Vigilante is one of the strangest and most entertaining western–superhero mashups ever put on film. Based on the DC Comics character Greg Sanders — a masked singing cowboy who moonlights as a crimefighter — this 1947 Republic Pictures serial throws capes and ten-gallon hats into the same blender and hits purée.

Ralph Byrd stars as The Vigilante, tracking a mysterious masked crime lord known only as X-1. The hunt leads him across rodeos, railway yards, radio stations, and back-alley brawls — all in pursuit of a stolen African ivory map said to hold the key to a vast fortune.
Expect everything a Republic serial delivers at full tilt:

cliffhangers every chapter

wildly energetic stunt work

punches that sound like cannon fire

reckless horseback chases

men in suits falling off very tall things

and that wonderful 1940s earnestness that makes the whole thing sing

It’s part western, part detective story, part pulp action romp — and it never slows down long enough to question how wildly improbable any of it is.

The Vigilante isn’t as well known as the big superhero names, but it paved the road they walked: one of the earliest screen adaptations of a costumed comic hero — predating many others by decades.

So saddle up, mask on, gun holstered, guitar ready.
Justice rides tonight.

📌 PUBLIC DOMAIN NOTICE
This serial is believed to be in the public domain in the United States. If you are a rights holder and believe otherwise, please contact the channel.

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Enjoy the show — and try not to fall off anything.

This is chapter 3