Riders of Death Valley (1941)

ALL 07/01/1941 (en) Action, Western 283 Min
  • Release
    07/01/1941
  • Production
    Universal Pictures
  • Rotten tomato
    65%
  • Original title
    Riders of Death Valley
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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.

  1. Oliver Drake

    Story

  2. Producer



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  1. Dick Foran

    Jim Benton

  2. Leo Carrillo

    Pancho Lopez

  3. Buck Jones

    Tombstone

  4. Charles Bickford

    Wolf Reade

  5. Guinn "Big Boy" Williams

    Borax Bill

  6. Lon Chaney Jr.

    Henchman Butch

  7. Noah Beery Jr.

    Smokey

  8. Jean Brooks

    Mary Morgan (as Jeanne Kelly)

  9. James Blaine

    Joseph Kirby

  10. Monte Blue

    Rance Davis

  11. Glenn Strange

    Tex, a Benton Rider

  12. Roy Barcroft

    Henchman Dirk

  13. Jack Rockwell

    Henchman Trigger

  14. Ethan Laidlaw

    Henchman Rusty

  15. Richard Alexander

    Henchman Pete Grump

  16. Frank Austin

    Chuckawalla Charlie Morgan [Ch. 1]

  17. Charles Thomas

    Rimrock [Ch. 4]

  18. William Hall

    Dan Gordon [Chs. 1, 8-10]

  19. James Guilfoyle

    Judge Knox [Chs. 2, 13-14]

  20. Ernie Adams

    Cactus Pete, Prospector [Ch.14]

  21. Ted Adams

    Hank

  22. Frank Brownlee

    Slim

  23. Bob Burns

    Miner in Saloon

  24. Rod Cameron

    Rider

  25. Jack Rube Clifford

    Lafe Hogan

  26. Edmund Cobb

    Salty

  27. Art Dillard

    Miner

  28. Jim Farley

    Graham

  29. Chick Hannan

    Miner

  30. Jerome Harte

    Richards

  31. Al Haskell

    Barfly

  32. Jimmie Lucas

    Saloon Waiter

  33. Frank McCarroll

    Lyncher

  34. Ivor McFadden

    Bragg

  35. Leo J. McMahon

    Barfly

  36. Jay Michael

    Cashier

  37. Art Miles

    Green

  38. Bud Osborne

    Stagecoach Driver

  39. William Pagan

    Marshal

  40. Tex Palmer

    Wagon Driver

  41. Ed Payson

    Buck Hansen

  42. Gil Perkins

    Fighter

  43. Jack Perrin

    Stage Guard

  44. Alonzo Price

    Mr. Wilson

  45. Ruth Rickaby

    Kate

  46. Don Rowan

    Blake

  47. Dick Rush

    Saloon Waiter

  48. Silver

    Tombstone's Horse

  49. Smoke

    Jim's Horse

  50. Richard Travis

    Joe Miller

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 52 , Crews : 34

Keyword

Riders of Death Valley (1941) 283 Min

ALL 07/01/1941 (en)
Action, Western
  • Release 07/01/1941
  • Production
    Universal Pictures
  • Original title Riders of Death Valley
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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.

  1. Ray Taylor, Ford Beebe

    Director

  2. Oliver Drake

    Story

  3. Alvin Todd, Joseph Gluck, Louis Sackin

    Editor

  4. Producer