The Frontier Phantom

The Frontier Phantom is a 1952 American Western film produced and directed by Ron Ormond starring Lash LaRue in the final film of Ormond's Western Adventure Productions, Inc.^[1] It was the final film of Al St. John.^[2] The majority of the film's length is taken up with a reuse of the 1949 film Outlaw Country.

The Frontier Phantom
Film poster
Directed by	Ron Ormond
Written by	June Carr Maurice Tombragel
Produced by	Ron Ormond
Music by	Walter Greene
Production company	Western Adventures Productions Inc.
Distributed by	Realart Pictures Inc.
Release date	February 2, 1952 (1952-02-02)
Running time	55 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Taking place four days after Lash and Fuzzy's breaking up of a counterfeit gang detailed in the 1949 film Outlaw Country, Lash is mistaken for his twin brother the Frontier Phantom and arrested. At the jail, Lash relates the events of the smashing of the counterfeit outlaw gang and his meeting the last member of the gang Sam Mantell for a showdown.^[3]

Cast

• Lash La Rue as Marshal Lash La Rue
• Al St. John as Deputy Fuzzy Q. Jones
• Archie Twitchell as Sheriff
• Virginia Herrick as Susan
• Kenne Duncan as Sam Mantell
• Sandy Sanders as Mantell Henchman
• Clarke Stevens as Deputy Lee
• Cliff Taylor as Sparky the Telegrapher
• Bud Osborne as Deputy Matt
• Buck Garrett as Mantell henchman
• Jack O'Shea as Prisoner
• George Chesebro as Cy the Bartender/Mayor