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Adventures of Captain Marvel

Adventures of Captain Marvel

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 28, 1941

Runtime

3h 36m

Genres

Fantasy, Action, Science Fiction, Family

User Score

61%

Original Title

Adventures of Captain Marvel

Production Companies

Republic Pictures

Director

John English

Description

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