The Vanishing Frontier

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| name = The Vanishing Frontier

| image = File:The Vanishing Frontier.jpg

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| screenplay = Stuart Anthony

| starring = Johnny Mack Brown
Evalyn Knapp
ZaSu Pitts
Raymond Hatton
Ben Alexander
J. Farrell MacDonald
Wallace MacDonald

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| cinematography = James S. Brown Jr.

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| studio = Paramount Pictures

| distributor = Paramount Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1932|7|29}}

| runtime = 65 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

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The Vanishing Frontier is a 1932 American pre-Code historical western adventure film directed by Phil Rosen, written by Stuart Anthony, and starring Johnny Mack Brown, Evalyn Knapp, ZaSu Pitts, Raymond Hatton, Ben Alexander, J. Farrell MacDonald and Wallace MacDonald. It was released on July 29, 1932, by Paramount Pictures.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/115422/The-Vanishing-Frontier/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222204324/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/115422/The-Vanishing-Frontier/overview|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 22, 2015|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|author=Hal Erickson|title=The-Vanishing-Frontier - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com|author-link=Hal Erickson (author)|date=2015|accessdate=February 22, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=1&Movie=1110|title=The Vanishing Frontier|work=afi.com|accessdate=February 22, 2015}}

Synopsis

In 1850 California is now under the control of American troops under the domineering military governor General Winfield following the Mexican American War. American rancher Kirby Tornell leads a band of guerillas against the authorities, who have persecuted both the Mexican inhabitants and American civilian settlers. He falls in love with Carol, the general's daughter, but is captured and needs to be rescued.