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.[1]
The Last Frontier | |
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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 |
Starring | Lon Chaney, Jr. Dorothy Gulliver Ralph Bushman William Desmond Joe Bonomo Pete Morrison LeRoy Mason |
Cinematography | Edward Snyder Gilbert Warrenton |
Edited by | Tom Malloy |
Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 12 chapters (213 minutes) |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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.
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.
The Last Frontier was RKO's only serial.[2]
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