Deadwood Dick

"The old West's hero of heroes...in the most blood-chilling Chapter-Play ever to thunder out of the bullet-streaked past!"

1940

4h 45m

6.0(1 votes)

Western

Overview

Columbia's 11th serial and the first western serial that James W. Horne solo-directed.

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Cast & Crew

56 members

Acting

Donald Douglas

Dick Stanley, aka Deadwood Dick

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Lorna Gray

Anne Butler

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Harry Harvey

Dave Miller

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Marin Sais

Calamity Jane

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Lane Chandler

Wild Bill Hickok

Acting

Jack Ingram

Chief Henchman Buzz Ricketts

Acting

Charles King

Henchman Tex

Acting

Ed Cassidy

Committeeman Tennison Drew

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Robert Fiske

Committeeman Ashton

Acting

Lee Shumway

Committeman Bentley

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Victor Adamson

Townsman

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Roy Barcroft

Marshal Jim Bridges' Imposter

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Dick Botiller

Henchman

Acting

Bob Burns

Tom Steele

Acting

Yakima Canutt

Henchman

Acting

Horace B. Carpenter

Older Townsman

Acting

Edward Cecil

Dawson

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Edmund Cobb

Dan Steele

Acting

Jim Corey

Henchman Steve

Acting

Kernan Cripps

Jury Foreman

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Art Dillard

Worker

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Bert Dillard

Worker

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Kenne Duncan

Henchman Two-Gun

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Fern Emmett

Miranda

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Franklyn Farnum

Clayton

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Al Ferguson

Mike

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Eddie Fetherston

Phoney Land Registrar

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Olin Francis

Pete

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Helen Gibson

Townswoman

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Joseph W. Girard

Government Referee

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Kit Guard

Bart

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Herman Hack

Juror

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Karl Hackett

Jack McCall

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Chuck Hamilton

Railroad Foreman

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Edward Hearn

Tom Sharp

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Fred Kelsey

Bottles

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Eddie Laughton

Henchman

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Tom London

Jake

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Murdock MacQuarrie

Kenyon

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Knox Manning

Narrator

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Arthur Millett

Judge

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George Morrell

Station Agent

Acting

Jack O'Shea

Townsman

Acting

Bud Osborne

Strong

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Tex Palmer

Henchman

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Edward Peil Sr.

Sears

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Rose Plumer

Hotel Proprietress

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Constantine Romanoff

Butch

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Dick Rush

Deputy

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Jack C. Smith

Luke

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Ted Stanhope

Registry Clerk

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Forrest Taylor

The Skull (masked)

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Blackjack Ward

Henchman

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Dan White

Bank Teller / Stage Agent

Acting

Blackie Whiteford

Henchman

Acting

Bob Woodward

Henchman

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