''Mason of the Mounted'' is a 1932 American

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film directed by

Harry L. Fraser Harry L. Fraser (31 March 1889 – 8 April 1974) was an American film director and screenplay writer. Biography Born in 1889 in San Francisco, Fraser directed over 80 films between 1925 and 1951, including the 1934 John Wayne film '' Randy Rid ...

. It was the fourth

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eight-film Western

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"the Bill and Andy series" with

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co-starring with child actor Andy Shuford.

Plot

North-West Mounted Police The North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) was a Canadian para-military police force, established in 1873, to maintain order in the new Canadian North-West Territories (NWT) following the 1870 transfer of Rupert’s Land and North-Western Territory ...

Constable Bill Mason and two other Mounties are chasing a murderer who shoots and wounds one of them. When the murderer has entered the United States, Bill Mason goes undercover to get his man and bring him back to Canada for justice. He finds that the murderer, now calling himself Calhoun is leading a group of rustlers. Without knowing his true identity, the locals have Mason elected as the head of a

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committee to stop the rustling.

Cast

as Bill Mason *Andy Shuford as Andy Talbot, Luke's Nephew *

Nancy Drexel Nancy Drexel (born Dorothy Kitchen, April 6, 1910 – November 19, 1989) was an American film actress of the late silent and early sound era. She was sometimes credited by her birth name in films. She appeared in 29 films, generally B-film West ...

as Marion Kirby *

LeRoy Mason LeRoy Franklin Mason (July 2, 1903 – October 13, 1947) was an American film actor who worked primarily in Westerns in both the silent and sound film eras. Mason was born in Larimore, North Dakota on July 2, 1903. Career 1920s Mason's fir ...

as Calhoun *Jack Carlyle as Luke Kirby, Marion's Father *

James A. Marcus James A. Marcus (January 21, 1867 – October 15, 1937) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1915 and 1937. He was born in New York City. On October 15, 1937, Marcus died in Hollywood, California from a heart at ...

as Marshal * Art Smith as R.N.W.M.P, Officer

External links

* * 1932 films 1932 Western (genre) films 1930s English-language films American black-and-white films Fictional Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers Films set in Canada Monogram Pictures films American Western (genre) films Films with screenplays by Harry L. Fraser Films directed by Harry L. Fraser Royal Canadian Mounted Police in fiction 1930s American films {{1930s-Western-film-stub