The Lone Defender (1930)
3h 37m
Running Time
March 4, 1930Release Date
The Lone Defender (1930)
3h 37m
Running Time
March 4, 1930Release Date
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Plot.
A prospector is murdered by The Cactus Kid and his gang, who hope to find the murdered man's goldmine. The miner's dog, Rin-Tin-Tin, recognizes the killers, who thereafter seek to use the dog to locate the lost mine. With the help of a government agent and a young girl, Rinty saves the mine and brings the bad guys to justice.
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Cast & Crew.
Rin-Tin-Tin
Rinty
Walter Miller
Ramon
June Marlowe
Dolores Valdez
Buzz Barton
Buzz
Josef Swickard
Juan Valdez [Chs. 1-2]
Lee Shumway
Amos Harkey
Richard Thorpe
Director
William P. Burt
Writer
Julia Bejarano
Maria, the Dueña
Bennett Cohen
Writer
Lafe McKee
Sheriff Billings
Harry L. Fraser
Writer
Arthur Morrison
Limpy
Ernest Miller
Cinematographer
Frank Lanning
Burke
Fred Bain
Editor
Media.
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Wiki.
The Lone Defender is a 1930 American Pre-Code Mascot serial film starring Rin Tin Tin. It was Mascot's first all-sound serial (the second to have any sound at all, after the partial sound in The King of the Kongo). It was Rin Tin Tin's first serial at Mascot, after being dropped by Warner Bros. when they decided animal pictures would not work with "Talkies". He also starred in the later serial The Lightning Warrior, which was his last appearance (he died in 1932).The plot revolves around Rin Tin Tin as "Rinty" and a secret gold mine fought over by the criminal "The Cactus Kid" and the legitimate owners. Material from this serial was edited into a feature film version and released under the same name in 1934.