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Status
Released
Release
1936
Runtime
3h 39m
"HERE IT IS AT LAST! The unmatchable, unforgettable adventures of the greatest young hero fiction ever created!..Now come to life on the screen, with all his daring exploits!"
A 12-episode serial in which scholastic sports star Frank Merriwell leaves school to search for his missing father. His adventures involve a mysterious inscription on a ring, buried treasure, kidnaping and Indian raids. He saves his father and returns to school just in time to win a decisive baseball game with his remarkable pitching and hitting.
58 Cast Members
Donald Briggs
Frank Merriwell (as Don Briggs)
Jean Rogers
Elsie Belwood
John 'Dusty' King
Bruce Browning (as John King)
Carla Laemmle
Carla Rogers
House Peters Jr.
House Peters
Herschel Mayall Jr.
'Hersh' Mayall
Wallace Reid Jr.
Wally Reid
Edward Arnold Jr.
Eddie Arnold
Bryant Washburn Jr.
Bryant Washburn
Allan Hersholt
Allen Hersholt
Carlyle Blackwell Jr.
Carlyle Blackwell
Peter Gowland
Peter Gowland
Sumner Getchell
Harry
William P. Carleton
Charles Merriwell
Ben Hewlett
Daggett
Ella Ethridge
Mrs. Mary Merriwell
Walter Law
Murray Belwood
Jack Donovan
Coach Harding
Al Bridge
Henchman Black
Sam McDaniel
Jeff
