THE LAST FRONTIER (1932) Lon Chaney Jr., Dorothy Gulliver & Thomas Storey | Western | B&W

THE LAST FRONTIER (1932) Lon Chaney Jr., Dorothy Gulliver & Thomas Storey | Western | B&W

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.

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.

SYNOPSIS
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.

A frontier newspaper editor Kirby battles outlaw Tiger Morris who is causing indian uprisings to drive away settlers so that he will can claim a gold deposit as his own. With the help of General Custer, right wins out. Presented in serial form in 12 episodes.

CAST & CREW
Lon Chaney, Jr. as Tom Kirby
Dorothy Gulliver as Betty Halliday
Ralph Bushman as Jeff Maitland
William Desmond as General George Custer
Joe Bonomo as Joe
Pete Morrison as Hank
LeRoy Mason as Buck
Yakima Canutt as Wild Bill Hickok
Mary Jo Desmond as Aggie Kirby
Slim Cole as Uncle Happy
Richard Neill as Leige "Tiger" Morris
Judith Barrie as Rose Maitland
Claude Payton as Colonel Halliday
Ben Corbett as Bad Ben
Frank Lackteen as Chief Pawnee Blood
Fritzi Fern as Mariah

Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas Storey
Written by Karl R. Coolidge, Robert F. Hill, George H. Plympton, Arthur Rohlsfel, Courtney Ryley Cooper (novel)
Produced by Fred McConnell
Cinematography Edward Snyder, Gilbert Warrenton
Edited by Tom Malloy
Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures
Release date September 5, 1932
Running time 12 chapters (213 minutes)
Country United States
Language English

NOTES
The Last Frontier was RKO's only serial.

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

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