The Last Frontier (serial)

The outlaw "Tiger" Morris tries to drive settlers off their land in order to acquire the local gold deposits. A crusading newspaper editor, Tom Kirby, becomes the masked vigilante called The Black Ghost to stop him. The gimmick in this serial is that Chaney is a white man who disguises himself as a Hispanic Zorro-like vigilante, without covering his face (he simply applies a mustache and a hat), and yet his close friends don't ever seem to recognize that he is the Black Ghost. There are two villains in the serial, "Tiger" Morris and a warlike Indian chief nmed Pawnee Blood. ==Cast==

• Lon Chaney Jr. as Tom Kirby, editor of the local newspaper and the masked vigilante The Black Ghost • Dorothy Gulliver as Betty Halliday • Ralph Bushman as Jeff Maitland • William Desmond as General George Custer • Joe Bonomo as Joe, one of Morris' henchman. Listed as "Kit Gordon" in the credits. • Pete Morrison as Hank, one of Morris' henchman • LeRoy Mason as Buck, Morris' spearpoint heavy (chief henchman) • Yakima Canutt as Wild Bill Hickok • Mary Jo Desmond as Aggie Kirby • Slim Cole as Uncle Happy • Richard Neill as Leige "Tiger" Morris, outlaw • Judith Barrie as Rose Maitland • Claude Payton as Colonel Halliday • Ben Corbett as Bad Ben, one of Morris' henchman • Frank Lackteen as Chief Pawnee Blood • Fritzi Fern as Mariah ==Production==

The Last Frontier was RKO's only serial. ==Chapter titles==

• The Black Ghost Rides • The Thundering Herd • The Black Ghost Strikes • The Fatal Shot • Clutching Sands • The Terror Trail • Doomed • Facing Death • Thundering Doom • The Life Line • Driving Danger • ''The Black Ghost's Last Ride'' Source: ==See also==