| The Lone Defender | |
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Poster for chapter five of the serial |
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| Directed by | Richard Thorpe |
| Produced by | Nat Levine |
| Written by | William Presley Burt Bennett 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) |
The Lone Defender is a 1930 American 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.
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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.
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| Preceded by The King of the Kongo (1929) |
Mascot Serial The Lone Defender (1930) |
Succeeded by The Phantom of the West (1931) |
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