Adventures of Captain Marvel
Seen it?1941 | 216 min | Fantasy, Action, Science Fiction, Family
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a box office flop and little lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for sci-fi fans, fantasy fans and action fans. If you loved Black Panther or Shazam!, start here.
- The mood
- Feel-good.
- The pace
- Epic and sweeping, at 3 hr 36 min.
- What might put you off
- No age rating on record, so check it first for young kids.
- It's long: 3 hr 36 min.
- Made in 1941: an older pace and style.
On a scientific expedition to Siam young Billy Batson is given the ability to change himself into the super-powered Captain Marvel by the wizard Shazam, who tells him his powers will last only as long as the Golden Scorpion idol is threatened. Finding the idol, the scientists realize it could be the most powerful weapon in the world and remove the lenses that energize it, distributing them among themselves so that no one would be able to use the idol by himself. Back in the US, Billy Batson, as Captain Marvel, wages a battle against an evil, hooded figure, the Scorpion, who hopes to accumulate all five lenses, thereby gaining control of the super-powerful weapon
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 26K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by John English, William Witney
- Tom TylerCaptain Marvel
- Frank Coghlan Jr.Billy Batson
- William BenedictWhitey Murphy
- Louise CurrieBetty Wallace
- Robert StrangeJohn Malcolm
- Harry WorthProf Luther Bentley
- Bryant WashburnHarry Carlyle
- Kenne DuncanBarnett
- George LynnProf Dwight Fisher
- George PembrokeDr. Stephen Lang