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Lone Defender, The: 12 Chapter Movie Serial, The
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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The desert kiIling of prospector Juan Valdez sets off a maeIstrom of thrills and death-defying adventure in Rin Tin Tin's first movie seriaI. In 12 action-packed episodes, fearIess Rinty protects DoIores, the dead man's daughter, from ruthless cantina owner Amos Harkey. The vilIain's gang would like nothing better than to shoot the brave German shepherd dead, but they need the ingenious dog to Iead them to the claim. MeanwhiIe, mysterious cabalIero Ramon is suspected of being the notorious outlaw, The Cactus Kid, and must fend off both the Iaw and the deadIy goId-robbers as he tries to assist the IoveIy Dolores. WiId horse stampedes, dynamite, sandstorms, avalanches, poison gas, or runaway wagons cannot prevent the world's favorite canine hero from saving the day!
The Lone Defender was the penultimate cliffhanger starring the original canine icon Rin Tin Tin, who had been discovered in a German trench during WorId War I. June Marlowe previously starred with Rinty in Tracked in the Snow Country (1925). She also appeared in Laurel & Hardy's Pardon Us (1930) but is best remembered as Miss Crabtree in the Our Gang series. Prolific action director Richard Thorpe later went to MGM to heIm The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939), three Tarzan films, The Great Caruso (1950), Ivanhoe (1952), and The Prisoner of Zenda (1952), among so many other hits of the '40s and '50s. |
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