Flaming Frontiers

Flaming Frontiers
Directed by	Alan James Ray Taylor
Starring	Johnny Mack Brown
Cinematography	Richard Fryer (uncredited)
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	1938 (1938) 1966 (1966) (TV series)
Running time	15 chapters
Country	United States
Language	English

Flaming Frontiers (1938) is a Universal movie serial starring Johnny Mack Brown. It was a remake of Heroes of the West (1932). It was re-edited into a TV series in 1966. Much of the material was reused in Lon Chaney Jr.'s 1942 serial Overland Mail.

Synopsis

Prospector Tom Grant discovers found a rich gold vein up South. His findings however, soon attract landowner Bart Eaton. Tom's sister Mary heads for the gold fields with Eaton and his men following. Eaton teams up with Ace Daggett who plans to doublecross him and get the gold for himself. They then frame Tom for murder and then try to get him to sign over his claim. The scout Tex Houston is on hand, escaping the attempts on his life, saving Mary from various perils, and trying to bring in the real killer and clear Tom...

Production

Along with Heroes of the West (1932) this serial was based on "The Tie That Binds" by Peter B. Kyne.

Chapter titles

1. The River Runs Red
2. Death Rides the Wind
3. Treachery at Eagle Pass
4. A Night of Terror
5. Blood and Gold
6. Trapped by Fire
7. The Human Target
8. The Savage Horde
9. Toll of the Torrent
10. In the Claws of the Cougar
11. The Half Breed's Revenge
12. The Indians Are Coming
13. The Fatal Plunge
14. Dynamite
15. A Duel to the Death

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See also

• List of American films of 1938
• List of film serials
• List of film serials by studio

External links

• Flaming Frontiers at IMDb

Preceded by Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938)

Universal Serial Flaming Frontiers (1938)

Succeeded by Red Barry (1938)