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
Royal K. Cole, William Lively, Sol Shor
Gene Roth
George Crane
Marshall Reed
Fowler - Henchman
Dale Van Sickel
Mike Hodge - Henchman
John Crawford
Agent Mulvaney - Ch. 3, 4
Steve Darrell
Marshal Ben Simpson - Ch. 8
Frank O'Connor
Doctor - Ch. 8
Tom Steele
Brace
Steve Clark
Jonathan R. White - Ch. 1, 10
Roy Barcroft
Hank Kilgore
Mike Ragan
Larkin - Henchman (Ch. 2)
I. Stanford Jolley
Paul Hobson - Ch. 6, 7
Jack O'Shea
Freight Agent - Ch. 1, 4
Clayton Moore
Ken Mason
Pamela Blake
Rita White
George J. Lewis
Moccasin
Alex Montoya
Yellow Hawk - Henchman

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