Overview
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.
Production
Republic Pictures
Cast & Characters
Clayton Moore
Ken Mason
Pamela Blake
Rita White
Roy Barcroft
Hank Kilgore
George J. Lewis
Moccasin
Gene Roth
George Crane
John Crawford
Agent Mulvaney - Ch. 3, 4
I. Stanford Jolley
Paul Hobson - Ch. 6, 7
Steve Clark
Jonathan R. White - Ch. 1, 10
Steve Darrell
Marshal Ben Simpson - Ch. 8
Dale Van Sickel
Mike Hodge - Henchman
Tom Steele
Brace
Alex Montoya
Yellow Hawk - Henchman
Directors & Crew
Fred C. Brannon
Director
Royal K. Cole
Writer
William Lively
Writer
Sol Shor
Writer
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