MAN WITH THE STEEL WHIP
12 CHAPTER SERIAL
1954

For contractual reasons the name Zorro could not be used. Nevertheless, Man with the Steel Whip used stock footage from all of the previous Zorro serials produced by Republic Pictures and this still comes off as one of the best in Republic's declining years.

PLOT:
Saloon owner Barnet wants the Indian reservation land on which he knows there is gold, and organizes a gang, aided by some renegade Indians, to raid amd terrorize the nearby settlers, hoping to rouse them to action in driving off the Indians. However, rancher Jerry Randall, accompanied by school teacher Nancy Cooper, sets out to defeat the plot. Hoping to win the loyality of the innocent tribe members, Randall masquerades as legendary friend of the Indians, El Latigo.

CAST:   
Dick Simmons ... Jerry Randall / El Latigo
Barbara Bestar ... Nancy Cooper
Dale Van Sickel ... Crane - Barnett Henchman
Mauritz Hugo ... Barnett
Lane Bradford ... Tosco
Pat Hogan ... The Indian Chief
Roy Barcroft ... Sheriff
Stuart Randall ... Harris
Edmund Cobb ... Lee, Buckboard Driver
I. Stanford Jolley ... Sloane - Assayer
Guy Teague ... Price
Alan Wells ... Quivar
Tom Steele ... Tom - Henchman at Cascade Rocks

CHAPTERS:
1. The Spirit Rider
2. Savage Fury
3. Mask of El Latiago
4. The Murder Cave
5. The Stone Guillotine
6. Flame and Battle
7. Double Ambush
8. The Blazing Barrier
9. The Silent Informer
10.Window of Death
11.The Fatal Masquerade
12.Redskin Raiders

RUNNING TIME: 167 MIN