| Riders of Death Valley | |
|---|---|
| Directed by |
Ford Beebe Ray Taylor |
| Written by |
Basil Dickey Oliver Drake Sherman L. Lowe Jack O'Donnell George H. Plympton |
| Produced by | Henry MacRae |
| Starring |
Dick Foran Leo Carrillo Buck Jones Charles Bickford Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Lon Chaney Jr. Noah Beery Jr. |
| Cinematography |
Jerome Ash William A. Sickner |
| Edited by |
Saul A. Goodkind (supervisor) Joseph Gluck Louis Sackin Alvin Todd |
| Music by | Charles Previn |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 15 chapters (283 minutes) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Riders of Death Valley is a 1941 American Western film serial from Universal Pictures. It was a high budget serial with an all-star cast led by Dick Foran and Buck Jones. Ford Beebe and Ray Taylor directed. It also features Lon Chaney Jr. in a supporting role as a villainous henchman [1] as well as Noah Beery Jr., Charles Bickford, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Monte Blue, Roy Barcroft, Richard Alexander and Glenn Strange.
Plot
The villainous Wolf Reade and his gang set out to discover the location of a lost mine and lay claim to it.
Cast
- Dick Foran as Jim Benton, vigilante hero
- Leo Carrillo as Pancho Lopez
- Buck Jones as Tombstone
- Charles Bickford as Wolf Reade, villain hired by Kirby and Davis
- Guinn "Big Boy" Williams as Borax Bill
- Lon Chaney Jr. as Butch, one of Reade's henchmen
- Noah Beery Jr. as Smokey
- Jean Brooks as Mary Morgan
- James Blaine as Joseph Kirby, one of the mastermind villains
- Monte Blue as Rance Davis, the other mastermind villain
- Glenn Strange as Tex, a Benton Rider
- Roy Barcroft as Dirk, one of Reade's henchmen
- Jack Rockwell as Trigger, one of Reade's henchmen
- Ethan Laidlaw as Rusty, one of Reade's henchmen
- Richard Alexander as Pete Grump, one of Reade's henchmen
Production
Riders of Death Valley was Universal's "all-star, high-budget western cliffhanger." [2] It provided a lot of stock footage for later serials. [3]
Stunts
- Jack Casey
- Leroy Johnson
- Gil Perkins
- Ken Terrell doubling George J. Lewis
- Duke York
Chapter titles
- Death Marks the Trail
- The Menacing Herd
- The Plunge of Peril
- Flaming Fury
- The Avalanche of Doom
- Blood and Gold
- Death Rides the Storm
- Descending Doom
- Death Holds the Reins
- Devouring Flames
- The Fatal Blast
- Thundering Doom
- Bridge of Disaster
- A Fight to the Death
- The Harvest of Hate
Source: [4]
See also
References
- ^ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 229–230. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
- ^ Harmon, Jim; Donald F. Glut (1973). "14. The Villains "All Bad, All Mad"". The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury. Routledge. p. 361. ISBN 978-0-7130-0097-9.
- ^ Harmon, Jim; Donald F. Glut (1973). "12. The Westerns "Who Was That Masked Man!"". The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury. Routledge. p. 319. ISBN 978-0-7130-0097-9.
- ^ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 229–230. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
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