Perils of the Wilderness

Infobox Film
name = Perils of the Wilderness


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director = Spencer Gordon Bennett
producer = Sam Katzman
writer = George H. Plympton
(story/screenplay)
narrator = Knox Manning
starring = Dennis Moore
Richard Emory
Eve Anderson
Kenneth R. MacDonald
music = Mischa Bakaleinikoff
(musical director)
cinematography = Ira H. Morgan (B&W)
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distributor = flagicon|USA Columbia Pictures
released = flagicon|USA January 6, 1956
runtime = 15 episodes
257 minutes
country = USA
language = English
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preceded_by = "The Adventures of Captain Africa"
followed_by = "Blazing the Overland Trail"
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amg_id = 1:149461
imdb_id = 0049612

"Perils of the Wilderness" (1956) was the 55th serial released by Columbia Pictures. It was the penultimate serial produced by Columbia who were at this time the only studio still producing serials.

Plot

"Perils of the Wilderness" has US Deputy Marshal Dan Lawson teaming up with RCMP Sergeant Gray to go undercover and capture the nefarious smuggler Bart Randall. Lawson, posing as an outlaw called Laramie, is ready to infiltrate the gang led by Randall, a self-styled "Gun Emperor of the Northwest", who is wanted for murder and bank robbery in the United States. In addition to the difficulties inherent in the mission, Lawson has other issues to deal with, including the use of a fake totem and flying a hydra plane to overawe the menacing Indians and regenade whites. He also is aided in his search by Donna Blaine, who is suspected at first of giving information to Randall, but who in reality is a Canadian secret agent investigating Randall's illegal gun trading with the Indians.

Cast

Chapter titles

# The Voice from the Sky
# The Mistery Plane
# The Mine of Menace
# Ambush for a Montie
# Laramie's Desperate Change
# Trapped in the Flaming Forest
# Out of the Trap
# Laramie Rides Alone
# Menace of the Medicine Man
# Midnight Marauders
# The Falls of Fate
# Rescue from the Rapids
# Little Bear Pays a Debt
# The Mistery Plane Flies Again
# Laramie gets his Man

ee also

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

ources

* [http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:149461 AllMovie.com]
* [http://www.cinefania.com/movie.php/44284/ Cinefania.com]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049612/ IMDb entry]

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title=Columbia Serial
before="The Adventures of Captain Africa" (1955)
years="Perils of the Wilderness" (1956)
after="Blazing the Overland Trail" (1956)