Riders of Death Valley (1941)
4h 43m
Running Time
July 1, 1941Release Date
Riders of Death Valley (1941)
4h 43m
Running Time
July 1, 1941Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
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 / Stunts
Jim Farley
Graham
Chick Hannan
Miner
Jerome Harte
Richards
Al Haskell
Barfly
Jimmie Lucas
Saloon Waiter
Frank McCarroll
Lyncher / Stunts
Ivor McFadden
Bragg
Leo J. McMahon
Barfly / Stunts
Jay Michael
Cashier
Art Miles
Green
Bud Osborne
Stagecoach Driver
William Pagan
Marshal
Tex Palmer
Wagon Driver
Ed Payson
Buck Hansen
Gil Perkins
Fighter / Stunts
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
Jack O'Donnell
Screenplay
Cleo E. Baker
Visual Effects
Saul A. Goodkind
Supervising Film Editor
Jacques Jaccard
Dialogue
Joseph Gluck
Editor
Alvin Todd
Editor
Jack Casey
Stunts
Leroy Johnson
Stunts
Ford Beebe
Director
Sherman L. Lowe
Screenplay
Basil Dickey
Screenplay
Oliver Drake
Story
Cliff Lyons
Stunts
Charles Previn
Music Director / Original Music Composer
Ray Taylor
Director
Ralph M. DeLacy
Art Direction
John P. Fulton
Visual Effects
Ken Terrell
Stunts
Duke York
Stunts
Louis Sackin
Editor
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 1, 1941
StatusReleased
Running Time4h 43m
Content RatingNR
Budget$1,000,000
Genres
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Wiki.
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 as well as Noah Beery Jr., Charles Bickford, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Monte Blue, Roy Barcroft, Richard Alexander and Glenn Strange.
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