The Lightning Warrior
1931 film
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::summary 1931 film ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | The Lightning Warrior |
| image | The Lightning Warrior poster.jpg |
| caption | Poster of chapter 12 |
| director | Benjamin H. Kline |
| Armand Schaefer | |
| producer | Nat Levine |
| writer | Ford Beebe |
| Wyndham Gittens | |
| Colbert Clark | |
| starring | Rin Tin Tin |
| Frankie Darro | |
| Hayden Stevenson | |
| George Brent | |
| Pat O'Malley | |
| Georgia Hale | |
| Theodore Lorch | |
| music | Lee Zahler |
| cinematography | Tom Galligan |
| Ernest Miller | |
| William Nobles | |
| editing | Wyndham Gittens |
| Ray Snyder | |
| distributor | Mascot Pictures |
| released | |
| runtime | 12 chapters (250 min) |
| country | United States |
| language | English |
| :: |
| name = The Lightning Warrior | image = The Lightning Warrior poster.jpg | caption = Poster of chapter 12 | director = Benjamin H. Kline Armand Schaefer | producer = Nat Levine | writer = Ford Beebe Wyndham Gittens Colbert Clark | narrator = | starring = Rin Tin Tin Frankie Darro Hayden Stevenson George Brent Pat O'Malley Georgia Hale Theodore Lorch | music = Lee Zahler | cinematography = Tom Galligan Ernest Miller William Nobles | editing = Wyndham Gittens Ray Snyder | distributor = Mascot Pictures | released = | runtime = 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. Released in December 1931, this was the last movie of the original Rin Tin Tin, as he died in August 1932, being replaced that same year by Rin Tin Tin Jr.
Plot
The Wolfman, a mysterious masked figure, is leading an Indian uprising to drive local settlers off their land. 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
- 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
- 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:{{cite book | last = Cline | first = William C. | title = In the Nick of Time | url = https://archive.org/details/innickoftimemot00clin | url-access = registration | year = 1984 | publisher = McFarland & Company, Inc. | isbn = 0-7864-0471-X | pages = 205 | chapter = Filmography
References
References
- "Rin Tin Tin: A Silent Film Star on Four Legs". NPR.org.
- Rovin, Jeff. (1987). "The Encyclopedia of Supervillains". Facts on File.
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