The Vanishing Outpost

{{Short description|1951 movie}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = The Vanishing Outpost

| image = Vanishingoutpost.jpg

| caption = Original lobby card

| director = Ron Ormond

| producer = Ron Ormond

| writer = June Carr
Maurice Tombragel

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| music = Walter Greene

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| studio = Western Adventures Productions Inc.

| distributor = Realart Pictures
Howco

| released = {{Film date|1951|11|01}}

| runtime = 56 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

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The Vanishing Outpost is a 1951 American Western film produced and directed by Ron Ormond starring Lash LaRue and Al "Fuzzy" St. John. It was the tenth of LaRue's films for Ormond's Western Adventures Productions Inc.p. 190 Drew, Bernard A. Motion Picture Series and Sequels: A Reference Guide Routledge, 4 Dec 2013 The film was the fourth to be released by Howco, Ron Ormond's new film company composed of Ormond and drive-in movie owners Joy N. Houck and J. Francis White, and Ormond's second film as director. The screenplay is credited to Ormond's wife June Carr and Maurice Tombragel. The film is composed mostly of footage from the previous Ormond LaRue Westerns Son of Billy the Kid (1949), Mark of the Lash (1948), Outlaw Country (1949) and Son of a Bad Man (1949).p. 300 Pitts, Michael R. Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films, 2nd edition McFarland, 13 Dec 2012 No outpost, vanishing or otherwise is seen in the film. The story appeared in Fawcett Comics' Motion Picture Comics #111 (1952).