The Last Frontier
Cast & Crew
George B. Seitz
William Boyd
Marguerite De La Motte
Jack Hoxie
Junior Coghlan
Mitchell Lewis
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Synopsis
Impoverished by the Civil War and eager to replenish his fortune in the West, Colonel Halliday, his wife, and his daughter, Beth, proceed toward Salina, Kansas by wagon train, at the persuasion of Tom Kirby, a government scout and Beth's fiancé. Although Bill Hickok, Tom's friend, and a company of cavalry are in charge, Pawnee Killer, chief of the Sioux, attacks the wagon train, and Halliday and his wife are killed. Bill rides to Salina for help and to deliver the news to Buffalo Bill Cody. Beth, now hostile to Kirby, joins the household of Lige Morris, a trader in Salina, and, at the suggestion of Bill, Kirby joins General Custer's scouting expedition. Lige tells Beth that Kirby is suspected of being in league with Pawnee Killer, but she learns from the post adjutant's daughter that he loves her. Beth seeks out Kirby just as the Sioux stampede a herd of buffalo through the town, and together they find refuge. Custer gives battle to the Indians, Pawnee Killer slays Lige, and the lovers are reconciled.
Director
George B. Seitz
Cast
William Boyd
Marguerite De La Motte
Jack Hoxie
Junior Coghlan
Mitchell Lewis
Gladys Brockwell
Frank Lackteen
Crew
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Notes
The initial project was conceived by Thomas H. Ince, then turned over to Hunt Stromberg, who later sold the rights to Metropolitan Pictures to complete the film.
