22 May 1947
The Vigilante: Fighting Hero of the West
Columbia's 33rd serial (made between "Jack Armstrong" and "The Sea Hound") was based on the character that first appeared in "Action Comics" No. 42.
The Red Glove
On the American frontier in the last decades of the 19th century, Billie is a female cowboy who fights a series of bad men in this film serial.
Top Billed Cast
Marie Walcamp Billie
Pat O'Malley Kern Thodes (early chapters)
Thomas G. Lingham Starr Wiley
Alfred Allen Gentleman Geoff
Evelyn Selbie Tiajuana
William Dyer Truman Van Dyke Kern Thodes (later chapters)
Andrew Waldron Edgar Allen
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