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Post by Xenorama ™ on Jun 7, 2007 23:01:43 GMT -8
Tom Tyler ... Jim Lester
William Desmond ... Martin Blaine
Tom Santschi ... Bud Landers
Dorothy Gulliver ... Mona Cortez, alias Mary Smith
Philo McCullough ... Royce Macklin
Frank Lanning ... Francisco Cortez
Tom Dugan ... Oscar
Joe Bonomo ... Keno - Beefy Gunman [Chs.1-4, 7-9]
Frank Hagney ... Sheriff Jim H. Ryan
Halie Sullivan ... Ruby Blair [Chs.1,4-9] (as Hallie Sullivan)
Kermit Maynard ... Peter Drake
Dick Dickinson ... Harvey Stewart
James Carlyle ... Sam Hollister [Chs.1-4,10]
W.J. Holmes ... Pee Wee [Chs.1-2,10]
* 1. The Ghost Riders
* 2. The Stairway of Doom
* 3. The Horror in the Dark
* 4. The Battle of the Strong
* 5. The Leagoe of the Lawless
* 6. The Canyon of Calamity
* 7. The Price of Silence
* 8. The House of Hate
* 9. The Fatal Secret
* 10.Rogue's Roundup
gotta love a serial with a character named Pee Wee! i've no idea about this one, but it's a Mascot and should be fun.
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Jun 8, 2007 21:58:31 GMT -8
Francesco Cortez escapes from San Dimas jail, and ends up at Jim's place. he pleads innocence of his crimes, and Jim doesn't know he's the man who killed his father. he escapes while Jim is talking to the posse. he leaves Jim a note with 7 names on it.
in a bar they are discussing Cortez, and one of the thugs calls his boss, while Mary burns a picture of her father. the Phantom sends a note and the Ghost Riders (all in black) ride!
Jim gets shot at, and a fistfight breaks out. his horse chases one thug off a cliff! Jim brings the surviving thug to the sheriff, who thinks the thug is the Phantom! then they see Old Man Cortez and the posse is out chasing him. the sheriff wants him alive, but some of the others don't!
Cortez hops on a wild horse to get away, and the rest of the herd follows. Mary is about to get run over, but Jim rescues her. unfortunately, the wild horses push them to the edge of a cliff...
next~ the Stairway of Doom
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Jun 9, 2007 23:58:54 GMT -8
this has a verbal recap up to the cliffhanger! it's weird to see Tom Tyler battling "The Phantom", since a few years later he would BE the Phantom (the Ghost who Walks).
Mary gets on Jim's horse and tries to ride away (they survived the fall somehow). that doesn't work, and Jim tells Mary they will have a showdown.
later on, the Phantom tells his boys "we ride!" and off they go. they end up at Mary's place looking for Jim. she sends them away and Jim goes to warn the sheriff.
the black masked gang rides in and kills the man, and the sheriff AND Jim just let them go. Jim thinks Mary killed Link, but a fistfight breaks out. the Phantom grans mary and sets the hotel on fire! Jim and the Phantom battle while the place goes up in fire!
next~ the Horror in the Dark
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Jun 10, 2007 16:09:59 GMT -8
Mary escapes, and meets up with Cortez. the Phantom and Jim escape out a window, but Jim loses track of him as they see the Night Riders leave. Jim goes off to trail them, rightly (if slowly) figuring there is some connection between them and the Phantom!
the Phantom tells the Night Riders they must get the girl (Mona/Mary) now. Jim gets captured, but then gets free. Mary is in jail now, so Cortez frees her.
Jim warns the sheriff about the Night Riders. the Riders show up at the bar, and a shootout commences!
next~ The Battle of The Strong
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Jun 17, 2007 22:35:36 GMT -8
Mona hops out the back window and gets away. the Night Riders show up and demand to know where she is. The Phantom claims her for his own.
the ranchers loose a black stallion in order to find the Phantom. Mona warns her father, and the stallion battles another horse from the wild herd. Cortez battles the night Riders as well.
next~ the League of the Lawless
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Jun 17, 2007 23:11:15 GMT -8
it's the thug that Jim knocks off the horse that falls down the mountainside, and his horse then finds him. he rescues Mona and then finds names scrawled on a rock of the 7 ranchers. Cortez knocks Jim out and rides off with Mona.
the ranchers want to form a vigilante committee. they want Jim Lester to lead them. his first job is to capture Cortez. then another dart flies in!
later, Jim goes out to the Blair house to discuss things. he believes the Night Riders are trouble. naturally, they show up on command almost and Jim has business with them! he takes the place of one of the Riders, and saves Blair, but they go down a cliff!
next~ the Canyon of Calamity
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Jun 18, 2007 23:31:59 GMT -8
a Night Rider goes down into the gully to make sure Jim is dead. he's not, and clobbers the guy and takes his place again as the rest chase Blair. they get Mona instead of Blair, and they take her to Hidden Valley!
the Riders question Mona, and plan to use her as bait to kill her father. Jim is found out again (he really should have shot the guy) but uses his horse to trick the Riders. that is one smart horse! Jim doubles back to rescue Mona.
having done that, they head toward an old mine works and use a rope to escape. three of the gang fight Jim and the top and...
next~ The Price of Silence
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Jul 2, 2007 23:02:23 GMT -8
Jim gets the drop on the Night Riders and makes them jump off the bridgework. he then hauls Mona back up. Jim's horse leads the Rider's horses away from them. Jim and Mona ride off, safe for the time being.
Jim finds out the Blair Ranch used to be Mona's home before her father went to jail. Mona writes a note, but it gets intercepted by one of Blair's men. when Jim goes to the house, Blair hides from him. they figure out Cortez is hiding somewhere in the house. Jim is going to help him if he can!
Jim takes charge of Cortez. he brings him to jail for safekeeping, though Mona thinks Jim betrayed them. he brings Cortez into the room and a man is about to confess when... BAM!
next~ The House of Hate
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Jul 4, 2007 13:50:43 GMT -8
after the man is shot Jim is accused of being the Phantom. a fistfight breaks out in the bar. Mona helps Jim hide. they make a bargain to work together to find out the real Phantom.
the gang finds out Jim is headed for the Blair ranch. when he gets there, a fight breaks out. Cortez gets the drop on Macklin.
the the Phantom grabs Mona!
next~ The Fatal Secret
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Jul 4, 2007 14:28:46 GMT -8
Jim arrests Macklin but Cortez stays to watch Blair. the Phantom calls his Riders to go to the Blair Ranch.
Mona finds out the Phantom's ID.. the Riders head in and confront Jim and the prisoners. Mona manages to lock herself into a room in the hotel and phones Jim!
Mona leads the Phantom's men on a merry chase so Jim can get there in time, but the Phantom gets the drop on them!
next- Rogue's Roundup
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Jul 4, 2007 16:14:47 GMT -8
the Phantom takes Mona, but Jim jumps down the flight of stairs and ambushes him. Cortez finds out Blair killed Jim's pa! Jim captures the Phantom and unmasks him. turns out it's Oscar! turns out the Phantom Riders are special deputies that the Sheriff swore in to deal with the Phantom stuff.
then it comes out Blair that did the shooting. Cortez is freed and Mona and Jim embrace.
notes: it's a fun, if creaky serial. if the Phantom and his Riders were well known, why on Earth would any sane person think it was Jim when he just got to town? in several episodes the Phantom/Ghost Riders just show up and no one bats an eye. with the revelation at the end, no wonder.
that sure seemed to come out of left field. the stuttering comedy relief (Oscar) sure got annoying, since he ends up being the Phantom, which ends up being pretty useles overall! the last 7 miuntes of the serial is them bringing all the plot elements together... not the best way to end a serial!
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