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{{short description|1940 film by James W. Horne}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Terry and the Pirates
| image          = Terry_and_the_Pirates-1.jpg
 
| caption        = 
| director       = [[James W. Horne]]
| producer       = [[Larry Darmour]]
| screenplay     = [[Mark Layton]]<br />[[George Morgan (screenwriter)|George Morgan]]<br />[[Joseph Levering]]
| based_on       = (based on the comic strip by) ''[[Terry and the Pirates (comic strip)|Terry and the Pirates]]'' created by [[Milton Caniff]]
| narrator       = 
| starring       = [[William Tracy]]<br />[[Jeff York|Granville Owen]]<br>Joyce Bryant
| music          = [[Lee Zahler]]
| cinematography = [[James S. Brown Jr.]]
| editing        = [[Dwight Caldwell]]<br />[[Earl Turner (film editor)|Earl Turner]]
| studio         = Columbia Pictures
| distributor    = [[Columbia Pictures]]
| released       = {{Film date|1940|05|05}}
| runtime        = 300 minutes<br>(15 episodes)
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = 
| gross          = 
}}
'''''Terry and the Pirates''''' (1940) is the 10th [[Serial film|film serial]] released by [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]]. It is based on the [[comic strip]] ''[[Terry and the Pirates (comic strip)|Terry and the Pirates]]'' created by [[Milton Caniff]]. In his biography, ''Meanwhile...'', Caniff stated that he hated the serial for changing so much of his comic strip, and that "I saw the first chapter and walked out screaming".

==Plot==
Young explorer Terry Lee and his grown-up sidekick, Pat Ryan, arrive in the Asian jungles in search of Terry's father, Dr. Herbert Lee. The elder Lee is an archaeologist, and the leader of a scientific expedition seeking evidence of a lost civilization. Soon, Terry discovers that his father has been kidnapped by an armed pirate gang known as the Leopard Men. The gang is led by the evil Master Fang, a local warlord who controls half of the natives and holds the white settlers in fear. Fang is seeking the riches hidden beneath the Sacred Temple of Mara. Terry meets the Dragon Lady, who is determined that her kingdom shall not be invaded. Attacked by Fang, his henchman Stanton, and the Leopard Men, Terry and Pat try valiantly to locate the missing Dr. Lee, uncover the secrets of the lost civilization, and recover the hidden treasure of Mara. After joining forces with Connie, Normandie, and the Dragon Lady, the heroes have myriad varied adventures in the inhospitable environment.

==Cast==
* [[William Tracy]] as Terry Lee
* [[Jeff York]] as Pat Ryan (credited as Granville Owen)
* Joyce Bryant as Normandie Drake
* [[Allen Jung]] as Connie-aka George Webster Confucious
* Victor DeCamp as Big Stoop (as Victor De Camp)
* [[Sheila Darcy]] as The Dragon Lady
* [[Dick Curtis]] as Master Fang
* John Paul Jones as Dr. Herbert Lee (as J. Paul Jones)
* [[Forrest Taylor]] as Allen Drake
* [[Jack Ingram (actor)|Jack Ingram]] as Stanton

==Chapter titles==
# Into the Great Unknown
# The Fang Strikes
# The Mountain of Death
# The Dragon Queen Threatens
# At the Mercy of the Mob
# The Scroll of Wealth
# Angry Waters
# The Tomb of Peril
# Jungle Hurricane
# Too Many Enemies
# Walls of Doom
# No Escape
# The Fatal Mistake
# Pyre of Death
# The Secret of the Temple
<ref>Source: {{cite book
 | last = Cline
 | first = William C
 | title = In the Nick of Time
 | url = https://archive.org/details/innickoftimemot00clin
 | url-access = registration
 | year = 1984
 | publisher = McFarland & Company, Inc
 | isbn = 0-7864-0471-X
 | pages = 
 | chapter = Filmography
 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of American films of 1940]]
* [[List of film serials|List of film serials by year]]
* [[List of film serials by studio]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{AllMovie title|151544|Terry and the Pirates}}
* {{IMDb title|id=0033139|title=Terry and the Pirates}}
* [http://www.cinefania.com/movie.php/139255/ ''Terry and the Pirates''] at Cinefania.com

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{{succession box 
| title=[[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]] [[Serial film|Serial]] 
| before=''[[The Shadow (serial)|The Shadow]]'' (1940)
| years='''''Terry and the Pirates'' (1940)'''
| after=''[[Deadwood Dick (serial)|Deadwood Dick]]'' (1940)}}
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