CinemaOSMovie · 1941 · 4h 43m · NR
Riders of Death Valley

A MILLION-DOLLAR SUPER SERIAL! With a thousand teeming thrills in 15 exciting chapters!

68%(2)IMDbActionWestern

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.

Directed byFord Beebe, Ray Taylor

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Status
Released
Runtime
4h 43m
Language
EN
Released
July 1, 1941
Budget
$1,000,000
Studios
Universal Pictures

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Dick Foran

Dick Foran

Jim Benton

Leo Carrillo

Leo Carrillo

Pancho Lopez

Buck Jones

Buck Jones

Tombstone

Charles Bickford

Charles Bickford

Wolf Reade

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Borax Bill

Lon Chaney Jr.

Lon Chaney Jr.

Henchman Butch

Noah Beery Jr.

Noah Beery Jr.

Smokey

Jean Brooks

Jean Brooks

Mary Morgan (as Jeanne Kelly)

James Blaine

James Blaine

Joseph Kirby

Monte Blue

Monte Blue

Rance Davis

Creative team
Directed by
Ford Beebe
Ford Beebe
Ray Taylor
Ray Taylor
Written by
George H. Plympton
Jack O'Donnell

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