The Lightning Warrior

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.^[1]

The Lightning Warrior
Poster of chapter 12
Directed by	Benjamin H. Kline Armand Schaefer
Written by	Ford Beebe Wyndham Gittens Colbert Clark
Produced by	Nat Levine
Starring	Rin Tin Tin Frankie Darro Hayden Stevenson George Brent Pat O'Malley Georgia Hale Theodore Lorch
Cinematography	Tom Galligan Ernest Miller William Nobles
Edited by	Wyndham Gittens Ray Snyder
Music by	Lee Zahler
Distributed by	Mascot Pictures
Release date	December 1, 1931 (1931-12-01)
Running time	12 chapters (250 min)
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

The Wolfman, a mysterious masked figure, is leading an Indian uprising to drive local settlers off their land.^[2] 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

1. Drums of Doom
2. The Wolf Man
3. Empty Saddles
4. Flaming Arrows
5. The Invisible Enemy
6. The Fatal Name
7. The Ordeal of Fire
8. The Man Who Knew
9. Traitor's Hour
10. Secret of the Cave
11. Red Shadows
12. Painted Faces

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