The Fighting Ranger
Also known as 蒼空の猛者 in Japan
(1925) United States of America
B&W : Serial / 18 chapters
Directed by Jay Marchant
Cast: Jack Daugherty (Jack Dougherty) [Terrence O’Rourke], Eileen Sedgwick [Mary Marshall], Al Wilson [Bud Hughes], Bud Osborne [Topaz Taggart], William Welsh [John Marshall], Charles Avery [Miguel Cordero], Frank Lanning [Komi], Sam Polo [Ramon], Slim Cole [Buck], Gladys Roy [Stella Montrose]
Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by [?] F.J. McConnell (Fred McConnell) and/or George W. Pyper? / 18 chapters: [1] “The Intruder,” released 11 May 1925; [2] “The Frame-up,” released 18 May 1925; [3] “The Secret Trail,” released 25 May 1925; [4] “Falsely Accused,” released 1 June 1925; [5] “The Betrayal,” released 8 June 1925; [6] “The Lost Fortune,” released 15 June 1925; [7] “Cattle Wolves,” released 22 June 1925; [8] “Under Fire,” released 29 June 1925; [9] “Man to Man,” released 6 July 1925; [10] “The Fatal Message,” released 13 July 1925; [11] “Hidden Fangs,” released 20 July 1925; [12] “False Friends,” released 27 July 1925; [13] “Stolen Secrets,” released 3 August 1925; [14] “Steeds of the Sky,” released 10 August 1925; [15] [?] “Yaqui Gold”? released 17 August 1925; [16] “Left for Dead,” released 24 August 1925; [17] [?] “Yaqui Gold”? released 31 August 1925; [18] (unknown), released 7 September 1925. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Western.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Frame-ups - Serials - Transporation: Airplanes
Listing updated: 5 May 2020.
References: Lahue-Continued pp. 245, 284; Sweeney-Coming p. 98 : Website-IMDb; Website-SerSq.
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