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In films from 1935, American screenwriter Joseph O'Connell at first hacked away on such grade-C quickies as Murder by Television (1935). O'Donnell then went on to write Western scripts for a variety of independent producers. He spent most of the 1940s contributing screenplays to PRC Studios' Lone Rider, Billy the Kid, and Lash LaRue Western series. In addition, Joseph O'Donnell collaborated on the scripts of such memorable Republic serials as Jungle Girl (1941), Spy Smasher (1942), Perils of Nyoka (1942), and Secret Service in Darkest Africa (1943).