The Lightning Warrior
| The Lightning Warrior | |
|---|---|
 Poster of chapter 12 | |
| Directed by | Benjamin H. Kline Armand Schaefer |
| Written by | Ford Beebe Wyndham Gittens Colbert Clark |
| Produced by | Nat Levine |
| Starring | Rin Tin Tin Frankie Darro Hayden Stevenson George Brent Pat O'Malley Georgia Hale Theodore Lorch |
| Cinematography | Tom Galligan Ernest Miller William Nobles |
| Edited by | Wyndham Gittens Ray Snyder |
| Music by | Lee Zahler |
| Distributed by | Mascot Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 12 chapters (250 min) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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.[1]
Plot
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
Chapter titles
[edit]- 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
Source:[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Rin Tin Tin: A Silent Film Star on Four Legs". NPR.org.
- ^ Rovin, Jeff (1987). The Encyclopedia of Supervillains. New York: Facts on File. p. 375. ISBN 0-8160-1356-X.
- ^ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 205. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.