Perils of the Wilderness (1956) was the 55th serial

Serial (film)

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 released by Columbia Pictures

Columbia Pictures

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. It was the penultimate serial produced by Columbia who were at this time the only studio still producing serials.

Plot

The film sees US Deputy Marshal

United States Marshals Service

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 Dan Lawson teaming up with RCMP

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

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 Sergeant Gray to go undercover and capture the nefarious smuggler Bart Randall. Lawson, posing as an outlaw called Laramie, is ready to infiltrate the gang led by Randall, a self-styled Gun Emperor of the Northwest, who is wanted for murder and bank robbery in the United States. In addition to the difficulties inherent in the mission, Lawson has other issues to deal with, including the use of a fake totem and flying a hydra plane to overawe the menacing Indians and regenade whites. He also is aided in his search by Donna Blaine, who is suspected at first of giving information to Randall, but who in reality is a Canadian secret agent investigating Randall's illegal gun trading with the Indians.

Cast

Dennis Moore Dennis Moore (actor) Dennis Moore was an actor who specialized in western films and film serials....	DM Dan Mason/Laramie
Richard Emory	RCMP Sgt. Gray
Eve Anderson Evelyn Finley Evelyn Finley was an American B-movie actress and stuntwoman of the 1940s through the 1980s, mostly in western films...	Donna Blaine
Kenneth R. MacDonald Kenneth MacDonald (American actor) Kenneth MacDonald was an American film actor. Born in Portland, Indiana, MacDonald made more than 220 film and television appearances between 1931 and 1970.-Career:...	Bart Randall
Rick Vallin Rick Vallin Rick Vallin was an actor who appeared in over 150 films between 1938 and 1966.Born Eric Efron in Russia, Vallin came to America while still young. He started his Hollywood career with an uncredited part in the film Freshman Year...	Little Bear
John Elliott	Homer Lynch
Don C. Harvey Don C. Harvey Don C. Harvey was an American television and film actor. Harvey was born in Kansas, United States.-Career:Harvey appeared in 180 films and television programs between 1945 and 1963....	Kruger
Terry Frost Terry Frost (actor) Terry Frost was an American actor who appeared in dozens of Western films during the 1940s and 1950s.-Biography:...	Batiste
Al Ferguson Al Ferguson Al Ferguson was an Irish-born American film actor. He appeared in nearly 300 films between 1912 and 1956.He was born in County Wexford, Ireland and died in Long Island, New York.-Selected filmography:...	Mike
Bud Osborne Bud Osborne Bud Osborne was an American film actor. He appeared in over 600 films and television programs between 1912 and 1963.Osborne was born in Knox County, Texas, and died in Hollywood, California from a heart attack...	Jake
Rex Lease Rex Lease Rex Lloyd Lease was an American actor. He appeared in over 300 films, mainly in westerns. Lease was accused in 1930 by Vivian Duncan of the Duncan Sisters for assault...	Sgt. Jim Rodney
Pierce Lyden Pierce Lyden Pierce Lyden was an American actor best known for his work in television and film Westerns.-Early life:Pierce Lyden was born in a sod house on a ranch near Hildreth in rural Franklin County, Nebraska, on January 8, 1908. Son of a horse buyer for the U.S...	Amby
John Mitchum John Mitchum John Mitchum was an American actor from the 1940s in films and, later, television. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut and the younger brother of Julie Mitchum and Robert Mitchum, he initially appeared in only unbilled and extra roles before gradually receiving bigger character parts in middle age...	Brent
John Hart John Hart (actor) John Hart was an American motion picture and television actor, born in Los Angeles, California. In his early career, he appeared mostly in Westerns...	Henchman
Frank Lackteen Frank Lackteen Frank Lackteen was a Lebanese-born American film actor best known for his antagonistic roles. He appeared in nearly 200 films between 1916 and 1965, including several Three Stooges shorts. He was born in Kubber-Ilias, Lebanon and died in Los Angeles, California...	Medicine Man
Kermith Maynard	Constable Walker
Stanley Price Stanley Price Stanley Price was an American film supporting actor who appeared in over 200 films between 1922 and 1956. He was born in Kansas, United States.-Career:...	Cragg
Lee Roberts Lee Roberts Lee Roberts was a film actor during the Hollywood Golden Age. Sometimes he is credited as Robert Allen or Lee J. Roberts.-Career:Little is known about this man who appeared in over 100 films between 1943 and 1959, according to the Internet Movie Data Base...	Constable Scott
Rusty Wescoatt Rusty Wescoatt Rusty Wescoatt was an American supporting actor who appeared in over 80 films between 1947 and 1965, according to the Internet Movie Database. He was born in Hawaii....	Henchman

Chapter titles

1. The Voice from the Sky
2. The Mystery Plane
3. the Mine of Menace
4. Ambush for a Mountie
5. Laramie's Desperate Chance
6. Trapped in the Flaming Forest
7. Out of the Trap
8. Laramie Rides Alone
9. Menace of the Medicine Man
10. Midnight Marauders
11. The Falls of Fate
12. Rescue from the Rapids
13. Little Bear Pays a Debt
14. The Mystery Plane Flies Again
15. Laramie Gets His Man

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