Riders of the Purple Sage (1931)
58m
Running Time
October 22, 1931Release Date
Riders of the Purple Sage (1931)
58m
Running Time
October 22, 1931Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
Lassiter's sister was killed and her young daughter taken and raised by outlaws. Years later Lassiter arrives at the Withersteen ranch looking for the now grown daughter. He immediately gets caught up in the ranch's struggle against rustlers. Trailing a rustled herd of horses leads him to the rustler's hideout and the missing daughter.
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Cast & Crew.
George O’Brien
Jim Lassiter
Marguerite Churchill
Jane Withersteen
Noah Beery
Judge Dyer
Noah Beery
Judge Dyer
James Todd
Vern Venters
Yvonne Pelletier
Bess
Stanley Fields
Oldring
Hamilton MacFadden
Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 22, 1931
StatusReleased
Running Time58m
Filming LocationsArizona, United States of America
Genres
Wiki.
Riders of the Purple Sage is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film based upon the 1912 novel by Zane Grey, directed by Hamilton MacFadden, photographed by George Schneiderman, and starring George O'Brien and Marguerite Churchill. The picture was released by the Fox Film Corporation with a running time of 58 minutes and remains the third of five screen versions. It was the first sound version. The movie was followed later the same year by a similar adaptation of the novel's sequel, The Rainbow Trail, also starring O'Brien.