Friday, May 16, 2025

Flaming Frontiers (Serial) (1938)

A standard Western serial which ends pretty abruptly.

Tom Grant (John Archer) has discovered gold, but as we know in movie land that is always a curse not a blessing. Bart Eaton (James Blane) and Ace Daggart (Charles Middleton) are after the gold and of course is rather unscrupulous in how he gets it. He frames Tom for murder to force him to give up his claim. 

Luckily, Tex Houston (Johnny Mack Brown) is on hand to first save Tom's sister Mary (Eleanor Hansen) and then to clear Tom... amid many cliffhangers.

An enjoyable serial which is pretty action packed throughout, until the end which is strangely a bit low key. However, that doesn't detract from the decent quality throughout.