FLAMING FRONTIERS (1938) Johnny Mack Brown, Eleanor Hansen & John Archer | Drama, Western | B&W
Flaming Frontiers (1938) is a Universal movie serial starring Johnny Mack Brown. It was a remake of Heroes of the West (1932). It was re-edited into a TV series in 1966. Much of the material was reused in Lon Chaney Jr.'s 1942 serial Overland Mail.
SYNOPSIS
Tom Grant has found a rich gold vein and Bart Eaton is after it. Tom's sister Mary heads for the gold fields and Eaton and his men follow. Eaton teams up with Ace Daggett who plans to doublecross him and get the gold for himself. They frame Tom for murder and then try to get him to sign over his claim. The famous scout Tex Houston is on hand, escaping the attempts on his life, saving Mary from various perils, and trying to bring in the real killer and clear Tom.
Prospector Tom Grant discovers a rich gold vein up South. His findings however, soon attract landowner Bart Eaton. Tom's sister Mary heads for the gold fields with Eaton and his men following. Eaton teams up with Ace Daggett who plans to doublecross him and get the gold for himself. They then frame Tom for murder and then try to get him to sign over his claim. The scout Tex Houston is on hand, escaping the attempts on his life, saving Mary from various perils, and trying to bring in the real killer and clear Tom.
CAST & CREW
Johnny Mack Brown as Tex Houston
Eleanor Hansen as Mary Grant
James Blaine as Bart Eaton
Charles Stevens as Henchman Breed
William Royle as Henchman Crosby
Edward Cassidy as Henchman Joe
Jack Rutherford as Buffalo Bill Cody / Daggett Henchman Rand
Charles Middleton as Ace Daggett
Ralph Bowman as Tom Grant
Chief Thundercloud as Thundercloud
Horace Murphy as The Sheriff
Karl Hackett as Daggett Henchman Jake
Charles King as Daggett Henchman Blackie
Jack Roper as Wolf Moran
Bill Hazlett as Chief Spotted Elk
James Farley as Wagonmaster Hawkins
Eddy Waller as Andy Grant
Directed by Alan James, Ray Taylor
Written by Peter B. Kyne, Wyndham Gittens, George H. Plympton
Cinematography Richard Fryer (uncredited)
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date July 5, 1938
Running time 15 chapters
Country United States
Language English
NOTES
Along with Heroes of the West (1932) this serial was based on "The Tie That Binds" by Peter B. Kyne.
Chapter titles
The River Runs Red
Death Rides the Wind
Treachery at Eagle Pass
A Night of Terror
Blood and Gold
Trapped by Fire
The Human Target
The Savage Horde
Toll of the Torrent
In the Claws of the Cougar
The Half Breed's Revenge
The Indians Are Coming
The Fatal Plunge
Dynamite
A Duel to the Death
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