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.
Cast
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
Marshall Reed
Fowler - Henchman
Frank O'Connor
Doctor - Ch. 8
Jack O'Shea
Freight Agent - Ch. 1, 4
Mike Ragan
Larkin - Henchman (Ch. 2)
Crew
Fred C. Brannon
Director
Sol Shor
Writer
Royal K. Cole
Writer
William Lively
Writer
Harold Minter
Editor
Cliff Bell Sr.
Editor
John MacBurnie
Director of Photography
Franklin Adreon
Associate Producer
Stanley Wilson
Original Music Composer
James Redd
Set Decoration
John McCarthy Jr.
Set Decoration
Fred A. Ritter
Art Direction
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