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15 chapters (283 minutes) Country. United States. Language. English. Riders of Death Valley is a 1941 American Western film serial from Universal Pictures. It was a high budget serial with an all-star cast led by Dick Foran and Buck Jones. Ford Beebe and Ray Taylor directed.
Riders of Death Valley: Directed by Ford Beebe, Ray Taylor. With Dick Foran, Leo Carrillo, Buck Jones, Charles Bickford. This star-laden western serial has our able heroes escaping various perils devised by the evil Wolfe Reade and his pack of outlaws, who wish to lay claim to a fabled lost mine.
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- Western
- Ford Beebe, Ray Taylor
- 1941-07-01
Jun 28, 2022 · #cliffhanger #serial #westernRiders of Death Valley, a star-laden western serial, has our able heroes escaping various perils devised by the evil Wolfe Reade...
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Dec 12, 2023 · Riders of Death Valley (1941) is a 15 Chapter Universal movie serial. Cast: Dick Foran, Leo Carrillo, Buck Jones, Charles Bickford, Guinn Big Boy Williams,...
- 250 min
Sep 27, 2023 · This western serial has our able heroes escaping various perils devised by the evil Wolfe Reade and his pack of outlaws, who wish to lay claim to a fabled lo...
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 ...
Benton's "Riders" are Tombstone (Buck Jones), Pancho (Leo Carrillo), Smokey (Noah Beery, Jr, who is a no-show in most episodes), Borax Bill (Big Boy Williams) and Tex (Glenn Strange.) Always worth watching just for Foran, Jones, Carillo, and Jeanne Kelly (Jean Brooks), and especially if one flash forwards the chase scenes, which will serve to basically make a seven chapter offering out of the original 15.
