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

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