The Last Frontier (serial)

Infobox Film
name = The Last Frontier


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director = Spencer Gordon Bennet
Thomas Storey
producer = Fred McConnell
writer = Karl R. Coolidge
Robert F. Hill
George H. Plympton
Arthur Rohlsfel
Courtney Ryley Cooper "(novel)"
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starring = Lon Chaney, Jr.
Dorothy Gulliver
Ralph Bushman
William Desmond
Joe Bonomo
Pete Morrison
LeRoy Mason
music =
cinematography = Edward Snyder
Gilbert Warrenton
editing = Tom Malloy
distributor = RKO Radio Pictures
released = Flagicon|USA 5 September 1932
runtime = 213 min (12 chapters)
country = USA
language = English
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gross =
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amg_id = 1:28326
imdb_id = 0023115

"The Last Frontier" is a 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.

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.cite book
last = Harmon
first = Jim
coauthors= Donald F. Glut
authorlink = Jim Harmon
title = The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury
origyear = 1973
publisher = Routledge
isbn = 9780713000979
pages = pp. 360
chapter = 14. The Villains "All Bad, All Mad" ]

The Black Ghost (Lon Chaney Jr) is a Zorro-style character.

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: [cite book
last = Cline
first = William C.
title = In the Nick of Time
origyear = 1984
publisher = McFarland & Company, Inc.
isbn = 078640471X
pages = pp. 206-207
chapter = Filmography ]

ee also

* List of film serials by year
* List of film serials by studio

References

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