Riders of Death Valley

Riders of Death Valley

1941
4h 43m
6.5

6.5/10

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

Overview

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.

Status: Released

Budget: $1,000,000

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Universal Pictures
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date July 1, 1941
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0034102

Cast

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

Glenn Strange
Glenn Strange

Tex, a Benton Rider

Roy Barcroft
Roy Barcroft

Henchman Dirk

Key Crew

Ford Beebe
Director
Ray Taylor
Director
George H. Plympton
Screenplay
Jack O'Donnell
Screenplay
Basil Dickey
Screenplay
Sherman L. Lowe
Screenplay