The Vigilantes Are Coming actor (although "Crash" Corrigan in the previous Republic serial, "Undersea Kingdom", had his stage name created specifically for that serial). "The Vigilantes Are Coming"'s official release date is 22 August 1936, although this is actually the date the sixth chapter was made available to film exchanges. In the early 1950s, "The Vigilantes Are Coming" was one of fourteen Republic serials edited into a television series. It was broadcast in six 26½-minute episodes. The Vigilantes Are Coming The Vigilantes Are Coming is a 1936 American Republic film serial. It was the third of the sixty six serials made by Republic Pictures
The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming to teach Pete a lesson about judging others, asks if they are "Russians with machine guns", which startles Rozanov into admitting that they are Russians and pulling a gun on Walt. Rozanov promises no harm to the Whittakers if they hand over their station wagon and provide information on the military and police forces of their island. Although Walt and Elspeth provide the keys, the sailors are perplexed as to why there are no military personnel on the island, and only a small police force. Before the Russians depart, Rozanov orders one of the sailors, Alexei Kolchin (John Phillip Law),