Riders of Death Valley(1941)

Sinopsis

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.

Reparto y equipo

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]

C

Charles Thomas

Rimrock [Ch. 4]

William Hall

Dan Gordon [Chs. 1, 8-10]

J

James Guilfoyle

Judge Knox [Chs. 2, 13-14]

Ernie Adams

Cactus Pete, Prospector [Ch.14]