THE LIGHTNING WARRIOR (1931) Rin Tin Tin, Frankie Darro & Hayden Stevenson | Family, Western | B&W

The Lightning Warrior is a 1931 American Pre-Code Mascot movie serial starring Rin Tin Tin in his last role. It is regarded as one of the better Mascot serials. A number of the production's outdoor action sequences were filmed on the rocky Iverson Movie Ranch in Chatsworth, California, known for its huge sandstone boulders and widely recognized as the most heavily filmed outdoor shooting location in the history of the movies. This was the original Rin Tin Tin's last movie, as he died in 1932, being replaced that same year by Rin Tin Tin Jr.

SYNOPSIS
A Rin-Tin-Tin serial presented in 12 episodes. The mysterious Wolf Man is terrorizing settlers in a western town. With the help of Rinty, young Jimmy Carter unmasks the Wolf Man and foils his evil plot.

The Wolfman, a mysterious masked figure, is leading an Indian uprising to drive local settlers off their land.[2] The Wolfman kills Jimmy Carter's father and Alan Scott's brother, which leads the two heroes and Alan's dog Rinty to hunt down and defeat the villain.

CAST & CREW
Rin Tin Tin as "Rinty", a dog known as The Lightning Warrior to the local Indians
Frankie Darro as Jimmy Carter
George Brent as Alan Scott, government agent
Patrick H. O'Malley, Jr. as Sheriff Brown
Georgia Hale as Dianne
Theodore Lorch as Pierre La Farge
Lafe McKee as John Hayden
Frank Brownlee as Angus McDonald
Bob Kortman as Wells, henchman
Dick Dickinson as Adams, henchman
Yakima Canutt as Ken Davis and Deputy
Frank Lanning as Indian George/ Jim

Directed by Benjamin H. Kline, Armand Schaefer
Written by Ford Beebe, Wyndham Gittens, Colbert Clark
Produced by Nat Levine
Cinematography Tom Galligan, Ernest Miller, William Nobles
Edited by Wyndham Gittens, Ray Snyder
Music by Lee Zahler
Distributed by Mascot Pictures
Release date December 1, 1931
Running time 12 chapters (250 min)
Country United States
Language English

Chapter titles
Drums of Doom
The Wolf Man
Empty Saddles
Flaming Arrows
The Invisible Enemy
The Fatal Name
The Ordeal of Fire
The Man Who Knew
Traitor's Hour
Secret of the Cave
Red Shadows
Painted Faces

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