Riders of Death Valley

Riders of Death Valley (1941)

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

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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  • Release Date: 1941-07-01
  • Runtime: 4h 43min
  • Directors: Ford Beebe, Ray Taylor.

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Cast

  • 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

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