Flaming Frontiers

Flaming Frontiers
Flaming Frontiers
Directed by	Alan James; Ray Taylor
Written by	Peter B. Kyne; Wyndham Gittens; George H. Plympton
Starring	Johnny Mack Brown
Cinematography	Richard Fryer (uncredited)
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	July 5, 1938;
Running time	15 chapters
Country	United States
Language	English

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Production[edit]

Along with Heroes of the West (1932) this serial was based on "The Tie That Binds" by Peter B. Kyne.^[1]

Chapter titles[edit]

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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References[edit]

^ Cline, William C. (1984). "2. In Search of Ammunition". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 10. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
^ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 221. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

External links[edit]

Flaming Frontiers at IMDb

Preceded by Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938)	Universal Serial Flaming Frontiers (1938)	Succeeded by Red Barry (1938)

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[1] Cline, William C. (1984). "2. In Search of Ammunition". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 10. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

[2] Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 221. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

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