The Frontier Phantom

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The Frontier Phantom
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Film poster
Directed by Ron Ormond
Written byJune Carr
Maurice Tombragel
Produced by Ron Ormond
Music by Walter Greene
Production
company
Western Adventures Productions Inc.
Distributed by Realart Pictures Inc.
Release date
  • February 2, 1952 (1952-02-02)
Running time
55 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Frontier Phantom is a 1952 American Western film produced and directed by Ron Ormond starring Lash LaRue in the final film of Ormond's Western Adventure Productions, Inc. [1] It was the final film of Al St. John. [2] The majority of the film's length is taken up with a reuse of the 1949 film Outlaw Country .

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Plot

Taking place four days after Lash and Fuzzy's breaking up of a counterfeit gang detailed in the 1949 film Outlaw Country , Lash is mistaken for his twin brother the Frontier Phantom and arrested. At the jail, Lash relates the events of the smashing of the counterfeit outlaw gang and his meeting the last member of the gang Sam Mantell for a showdown. [3]

Cast

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References

  1. The Frontier Phantom (1952) , retrieved April 10, 2019
  2. Lentz, Harris M., III. (2006). Obituaries in the performing arts, 2005 : film, television, radio, theatre, dance, music, cartoons and pop culture. McFarland & Co. ISBN   978-0-7864-5210-1. OCLC   646769110.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. The Frontier Phantom , retrieved April 10, 2019