The Lone Defender

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The Lone Defender
Directed by	Richard Thorpe
Produced by	Nat Levine
Written by	William Presley Burt Ben Cohen Harry Fraser
Starring	Rin Tin Tin Walter Miller June Marlowe Josef Swickard Buzz Barton Lee Shumway
Music by	Lee Zahler
Cinematography	Benjamin Kline
Editing by	Wyndham Gittens
Distributed by	Mascot Pictures
Release date(s)	1930
Running time	12 chapters (217 min)
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$40,000 (estimated)
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The Lone Defender (1930) is a Mascot movie serial starring Rin Tin Tin. This was Mascot's first all sound serial (the second to have any sound at all, after the partial sound in The King of the Kongo). This was Rin Tin Tin's first serial at Mascot, after being dropped by Warner Bros. when they decided animal pictures would not work with "Talkies". He also starred in the later serial The Lightning Warrior, which would be his last appearance. Mascot made a third serial, The Adventures of Rex and Rinty, but that Rin Tin Tin was not the same dog.

The plot revolves around Rin Tin Tin as "Rinty" and a secret gold mine fought over by the criminal "The Cactus Kid" and the legitimate owners.

Material from this serial was edited into a feature film version and released under the same name in 1934.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Chapter titles 4 Stunts 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Plot

Prospector Juan Valdez is murdered by The Cactus Kid and his gang in an attempt to discover the location of his gold mine. Valdez's dog Rinty witnesses the murder and can also lead the gang to the mine, making him the villain's target throughout the serial. In addition Rinty must help Valdez's daughter Dolores legitimately find and claim the mine while being blamed for the wolf attacking local livestock.

The mysterious figure of Ramon is constantly on hand, overhearing pieces of the villain's conversations. He appears to be another bandit but his actions seem to contradict that.

It is revealed during the course of the serial that Ramon is in fact Marco Roberto, an agent of the Justice Department.

[edit] Cast

Rin Tin Tin as Rinty, Juan Valdez's dog
Walter Miller as Marco Roberto, Justice Department Agent posing as the "Mysterious Figure", Ramon
June Marlowe as Dolores Valdez, Juan Valdez's daughter
Josef Swickard as Juan Valdez, Prospector who owns a secret gold mine
Buzz Barton as Buzz, Ramon's sidekick
Lee Shumway as Amos Harkey, aka the villainous "The Cactus Kid"
Julia Bejarano as Maria, the Dueña
Lafe McKee as Sheriff Billings
Arthur Morrison as Limpy
Frank Lanning as Burke, Prospector and Juan Valdez's partner
Bob Kortman as Jenkins, one of the Cactus Kid's Henchmen
Victor Metzetti as Red, one of the Cactus Kid's Henchmen
Otto Metzetti as Red's Partner

[edit] Chapter titles

1. The Mystery of the Desert
2. The Fugitive
3. Jaws of Peril
4. Trapped
5. Circle of Death
6. Surrounded by Law
7. The Ghost Speaks
8. The Brink of Destruction
9. The Avalanche
10. Fury of the Desert
11. Cornered
12. Vindicated!

[edit] Stunts

Joe Bonomo
Kermit Maynard
Arthur Metzetti
Victor Metzetti

[edit] References

• The Lone Defender at the Internet Movie Database

[edit] External links

• The Lone Defender at the Internet Movie Database
• The Lone Defender article on a June Marlowe fansite
• In The Balcony
• The Serial Squadron

Preceded by The King of the Kongo (1929)

Mascot Serial The Lone Defender (1930)

Succeeded by The Phantom of the West (1931)