Adventure Western Action
Although ostensibly the grand-son of the legendary hero, Clayton Moore's Ken Mason is little more than a cowboy in a black mask in this 12 chapter Republic serial. Mason, the head of the telegraph line work crew, assumes his ancestor's trade-mark mask (but not whip) in order to prevent a local czar (Roy Barcroft) from sabotaging the burgeoning telegraph line. Pamela Blake, a brunette starlet formerly known as Adele Pearce, played Mason's imperiled girlfriend, and the serial also benefitted from the usual competent work of Republic's great stunt-performers, including Dale van Sickel, Tom Steele, Eddie Parker, and Joe Yrigoyen.
Directed by
Fred C. Brannon
Written by
Sol Shor, Royal K. Cole, William Lively
John Crawford
Agent Mulvaney - Ch. 3, 4
Clayton Moore
Ken Mason
Dale Van Sickel
Mike Hodge - Henchman
Roy Barcroft
Hank Kilgore
George J. Lewis
Moccasin
Tom Steele
Brace
Marshall Reed
Fowler - Henchman
Gene Roth
George Crane
Steve Darrell
Marshal Ben Simpson - Ch. 8
I. Stanford Jolley
Paul Hobson - Ch. 6, 7
Frank O'Connor
Doctor - Ch. 8
Mike Ragan
Larkin - Henchman (Ch. 2)
Steve Clark
Jonathan R. White - Ch. 1, 10
Pamela Blake
Rita White
Jack O'Shea
Freight Agent - Ch. 1, 4
Alex Montoya
Yellow Hawk - Henchman

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