---
title: 'The Lone Defender (1930)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Richard Thorpe'
released: '1930-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Action'
  - 'Western'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-lone-defender-1930'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021083/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Lone Defender (1930)

1930 · Action, Western · United States


## Synopsis

The Lone Defender is a 1930 American Pre-Code Mascot serial film starring Rin Tin Tin. It was Mascot's first all-sound serial. It was Rin Tin Tin's first serial at Mascot, after being dropped by Warner Bros. when they decided animal pictures would not work with "Talkies". He also starred in the later serial The Lightning Warrior, which was his last appearance.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Richard Thorpe](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-thorpe)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Lee Zahler](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-zahler)
- **Producer:** [Nat Levine](https://cinepixo.com/people/nat-levine)
- **Director of Photography:** [Benjamin H. Kline](https://cinepixo.com/people/benjamin-h-kline)
- **Editor:** [Wyndham Gittens](https://cinepixo.com/people/wyndham-gittens)

## Cast

- [Lafe McKee](https://cinepixo.com/people/lafe-mckee)
- [Walter M. Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-m-miller)
- [Frank Lanning](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-lanning)
- [June Marlowe](https://cinepixo.com/people/june-marlowe)
- [Bob Kortman](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-kortman)
- [Josef Swickard](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-swickard)
- [Lee Shumway](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-shumway)
- [Rin Tin Tin](https://cinepixo.com/people/rin-tin-tin)
- [Arthur Morrison](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-morrison)

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