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.
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...
Cast
Johnny Mack Brown ... Tex Houston (as John Mack Brown)
Eleanor Hansen ... Mary Grant
John Archer ... Tom Grant (as Ralph Bowman)
William Royle ... Henchman Jim Crosby
Charles Middleton ... Ace Daggett (Chs. 5-15)
James Blaine ... Bart Eaton
Charles Stevens ... Henchman Breed
Jack Rutherford ... Buffalo Bill Cody (as John Rutherford)
Chief Thundercloud ... Thunder Cloud (as Thunder Cloud)
Chapter titles
The River Runs Red
Death Rides the Wind
Treachery at Eagle Pass
A Night of Terror
Blood and Gold
Trapped by Fire
The Human Target
The Savage Horde
Toll of the Torrent
In the Claws of the Cougar
The Half Breed's Revenge
The Indians Are Coming
The Fatal Plunge
Dynamite
A Duel to the Death