''Diamond Frontier'' is a 1940 American

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directed by Harold D. Schuster and starring Victor McLaglen, John Loder and Anne Nagel. It was based on the story ''A Modern Monte Cristo'' by Stanley Rubin and Edmund L. Hartmann. The film's sets were designed by the

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Jack Otterson.

Plot

A man tries to enforce the law in a rowdy

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-mining town.

Principal cast

* Victor McLaglen as Terrence Regan * John Loder as Doctor Charles Clayton * Anne Nagel as Jeanne Krueger * Cecil Kellaway as Noah * Philip Dorn as Jan Stafford De Winter * Francis Ford as Derek Bluje * Lionel Belmore as Piet Bloem *

Evelyn Selbie Evelyn Selbie (July 6, 1871 – December 7, 1950) was an American stage actress and performer in both silent and sound films. Biography Born in Louisville, Kentucky, as a young woman Selbie was a sidesaddle rider. She had a career which las ...

as Julia Bloem * Hugh Sothern as Travers * Ferris Taylor as Paul Willem * J. Anthony Hughes as Matt Campbell

References

External links

* 1940 films 1940s historical adventure films 1940s English-language films Films directed by Harold D. Schuster Universal Pictures films Films set in South Africa Films set in the 19th century American historical adventure films American black-and-white films Films scored by Hans J. Salter 1940s American films English-language historical adventure films {{1940s-adventure-film-stub