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Riders of Death Valley

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

6.5

1941•4h 43m

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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Photo of Dick Foran

Dick Foran

Jim Benton

Photo of Leo Carrillo

Leo Carrillo

Pancho Lopez

Photo of Buck Jones

Buck Jones

Tombstone

Photo of Charles Bickford

Charles Bickford

Wolf Reade

Photo of Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Borax Bill

Photo of Lon Chaney Jr.

Lon Chaney Jr.

Henchman Butch

Photo of Noah Beery Jr.

Noah Beery Jr.

Smokey

Photo of Jean Brooks

Jean Brooks

Mary Morgan (as Jeanne Kelly)

Photo of James Blaine

James Blaine

Joseph Kirby

Photo of Monte Blue

Monte Blue

Rance Davis

Photo of Glenn Strange

Glenn Strange

Tex, a Benton Rider

Photo of Roy Barcroft

Roy Barcroft

Henchman Dirk

Photo of Jack Rockwell

Jack Rockwell

Henchman Trigger

Photo of Ethan Laidlaw

Ethan Laidlaw

Henchman Rusty

Photo of Richard Alexander

Richard Alexander

Henchman Pete Grump

Photo of Frank Austin

Frank Austin

Chuckawalla Charlie Morgan [Ch. 1]

Photo of William Hall

William Hall

Dan Gordon [Chs. 1, 8-10]

Photo of Ernie Adams

Ernie Adams

Cactus Pete, Prospector [Ch.14]

Photo of Ted Adams

Ted Adams

Hank

Photo of Frank Brownlee

Frank Brownlee

Slim

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