Riders of Death Valley
A MILLION-DOLLAR SUPER SERIAL! With a thousand teeming thrills in 15 exciting chapters!
1941 | 283m | English
Popularity: 0.6 (history)
| Director: | Ford Beebe, Ray Taylor |
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| Writer: | Sherman L. Lowe, George H. Plympton, Basil Dickey, Jack O'Donnell, Oliver Drake |
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| The Saturday matinee crowd got two cowboy stars for the price of one in this lavishly budgeted western serial starring former singing cowboy Dick Foran and Buck Jones. The latter contributed deadpan humor to the proceedings, making Jones perhaps the highest paid B-western comedy relief in history. The two heroes defend the Death Valley borax miners from an outlaw gang headed by Wolf Reade. An extraordinarily strong cast -- for a serial, at least -- supported the stars, headed by Charles Bickford as Reade, Leo Carillo, Lon Chaney, Jr., and silent screen star Monte Blue. Leading lady Jeanne Kelly later changed her name to Jean Brooks and starred in the atmospheric RKO thriller The Seventh Victim (1943). Universal claimed to have spent $1 million on this serial and made sure to get their money's worth by endlessly recycling the action footage in serials and B-westerns for years to come. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 01, 1941 |
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| Director: | Ford Beebe, Ray Taylor |
| Writer: | Sherman L. Lowe, George H. Plympton, Basil Dickey, Jack O'Donnell, Oliver Drake |
| Genres: | Action, Western |
| Keywords | california, judge, saloon, gang leader, deception, gang, torture, desert, death, cliffhanger, death valley |
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $1,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 04, 2024 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Dick Foran | Jim Benton |
| Leo Carrillo | Pancho Lopez |
| Buck Jones | Tombstone |
| Charles Bickford | Wolf Reade |
| Guinn "Big Boy" Williams | Borax Bill |
| Lon Chaney Jr. | Henchman Butch |
| Noah Beery Jr. | Smokey |
| Jean Brooks | Mary Morgan (as Jeanne Kelly) |
| James Blaine | Joseph Kirby |
| Monte Blue | Rance Davis |
| Glenn Strange | Tex, a Benton Rider |
| Roy Barcroft | Henchman Dirk |
| Jack Rockwell | Henchman Trigger |
| Ethan Laidlaw | Henchman Rusty |
| Richard Alexander | Henchman Pete Grump |
| Frank Austin | Chuckawalla Charlie Morgan [Ch. 1] |
| Charles Thomas | Rimrock [Ch. 4] |
| William Hall | Dan Gordon [Chs. 1, 8-10] |
| James Guilfoyle | Judge Knox [Chs. 2, 13-14] |
| Ernie Adams | Cactus Pete, Prospector [Ch.14] |
| Ted Adams | Hank |
| Frank Brownlee | Slim |
| Bob Burns | Miner in Saloon |
| Rod Cameron | Rider |
| Jack Rube Clifford | Lafe Hogan |
| Edmund Cobb | Salty |
| Art Dillard | Miner |
| Jim Farley | Graham |
| Chick Hannan | Miner |
| Jerome Harte | Richards |
| Al Haskell | Barfly |
| Jimmie Lucas | Saloon Waiter |
| Frank McCarroll | Lyncher |
| Ivor McFadden | Bragg |
| Leo J. McMahon | Barfly |
| Jay Michael | Cashier |
| Art Miles | Green |
| Bud Osborne | Stagecoach Driver |
| William Pagan | Marshal |
| Tex Palmer | Wagon Driver |
| Ed Payson | Buck Hansen |
| Gil Perkins | Fighter |
| Jack Perrin | Stage Guard |
| Alonzo Price | Mr. Wilson |
| Ruth Rickaby | Kate |
| Don Rowan | Blake |
| Dick Rush | Saloon Waiter |
| Silver | Tombstone's Horse |
| Smoke | Jim's Horse |
| Richard Travis | Joe Miller |
| Slim Whitaker | Stable Owner |
| Ken Nolan | Cashier |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Jacques Jaccard | Dialogue |
| Ford Beebe | Director |
| Cliff Lyons | Stunts |
| Duke York | Stunts |
| Frank Skinner | Original Music Composer |
| Ray Taylor | Director |
| Sherman L. Lowe | Screenplay |
| George H. Plympton | Screenplay |
| Basil Dickey | Screenplay |
| Jack O'Donnell | Screenplay |
| Oliver Drake | Story |
| Joseph Gluck | Editor |
| Louis Sackin | Editor |
| Alvin Todd | Editor |
| Ralph M. DeLacy | Art Direction |
| Cleo E. Baker | Visual Effects |
| John P. Fulton | Visual Effects |
| Jack Casey | Stunts |
| Leroy Johnson | Stunts |
| Frank McCarroll | Stunts |
| Leo J. McMahon | Stunts |
| Gil Perkins | Stunts |
| Ken Terrell | Stunts |
| Saul A. Goodkind | Supervising Film Editor |
| Charles Previn | Music Director, Original Music Composer |
| William A. Sickner | Director of Photography |
| Jerome Ash | Director of Photography |
| Ralph Freed | Original Music Composer |
| Heinz Roemheld | Original Music Composer |
| W. Franke Harling | Original Music Composer |
| Karl Hajos | Original Music Composer |
| Art Dillard | Stunts |
| Name | Title |
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| Henry MacRae | Associate Producer |
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