The Last Frontier (serial)
The Last Frontier | |
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Directed by | Spencer Gordon Bennet Thomas Storey |
Written by | Karl R. Coolidge Robert F. Hill George H. Plympton Courtney Ryley Cooper (novel) |
Produced by | Fred McConnell |
Starring | Lon Chaney, Jr. Dorothy Gulliver Ralph Bushman William Desmond Joe Bonomo Pete Morrison LeRoy Mason |
Cinematography | Edward Snyder Gilbert Warrenton |
Edited by | Tom Malloy |
Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 12 chapters (213 minutes) |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Last Frontier is an American Pre-Code 12-chapter serial, distributed by RKO Radio Pictures in 1932. The story was based on the novel of the same name by Courtney Ryley Cooper.[1]
The serial starred Lon Chaney, Jr. as the Zorro-esque hero The Black Ghost. Dorothy Gulliver was the leading female star. The total running time of the serial is 213 minutes.
Plot[]
The outlaw "Tiger" Morris attempts to drive settlers off their land in order to acquire the local gold deposits. A crusading newspaper editor, Tom Kirby, becomes the masked vigilante, The Black Ghost, to stop him.
Cast[]
- Lon Chaney, Jr. as Tom Kirby, the editor of the local newspaper and the masked vigilante The Black Ghost
- Dorothy Gulliver as Betty Halliday
- Ralph Bushman as Jeff Maitland
- William Desmond as General George Custer
- Joe Bonomo as Joe, one of Morris' henchman. Listed as "Kit Gordon" in the credits.
- Pete Morrison as Hank, one of Morris' henchman
- LeRoy Mason as Buck, Morris' spearpoint heavy (chief henchman)
- Yakima Canutt as Wild Bill Hickok
- as Aggie Kirby
- Slim Cole as Uncle Happy
- Richard Neill as Leige "Tiger" Morris, outlaw
- Judith Barrie as Rose Maitland
- Claude Payton as Colonel Halliday
- Ben Corbett as Bad Ben, one of Morris' henchman
- Frank Lackteen as Chief Pawnee Blood
- Fritzi Fern as Mariah
Production[]
The Last Frontier was RKO's only serial.[2]
Chapter titles[]
- The Black Ghost Rides
- The Thundering Herd
- The Black Ghost Strikes
- The Fatal Shot
- Clutching Sands
- The Terror Trail
- Doomed
- Facing Death
- Thundering Doom
- The Life Line
- Driving Danger
- The Black Ghost's Last Ride
Source:[3]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Cooper, Courtney Ryley (1923). "The Last Frontier".
- ^ Harmon, Jim; Donald F. Glut (1973). "14. The Villains "All Bad, All Mad"". The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury. Routledge. p. 360. ISBN 978-0-7130-0097-9.
- ^ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 206–207. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1932 films
- English-language films
- Films directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet
- American films
- Film serials
- American black-and-white films
- 1930s English-language films
- 1932 Western (genre) films
- RKO Pictures short films
- Cultural depictions of George Armstrong Custer
- American Western (genre) films