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Produced by
  
Fred McConnell

Language
  
English

5.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Western

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

The Last Frontier (serial) movie poster

Director
  
Spencer Gordon BennetThomas Storey

Writer
  
Karl R. Coolidge
,
Robert F. Hill
,
George H. Plympton
,
Arthur Rohlsfel
,
Courtney Ryley Cooper

Release date
  
September 5, 1932 (1932-09-05)

Directors
  
Spencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas L. Storey

Cinematography
  
Gilbert Warrenton, Edward Snyder

Cast
  
Lon Chaney - Jr
,
Dorothy Gulliver
,
William Desmond
,
Francis X Bushman - Jr
,
Mary Jo Desmond

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The Last Frontier is an American Pre-Code 12-chapter serial, distributed by RKO Radio Pictures in 1932. 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.

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Plot

The outlaw "Tiger" Morris attempts to drive setters 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
  • Mary Jo Desmond 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.

    Chapter titles

    1. The Black Ghost Rides
    2. The Thundering Herd
    3. The Black Ghost Strikes
    4. The Fatal Shot
    5. Clutching Sands
    6. The Terror Trail
    7. Doomed
    8. Facing Death
    9. Thundering Doom
    10. The Life Line
    11. Driving Danger
    12. The Black Ghost's Last Ride

    Source:

    References

    The Last Frontier (serial) Wikipedia
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