Riders of the Cactus
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Directed by | David Kirkland |
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Production company | Hooper-Connell Productions |
Distributed by | Big 4 Film |
Release date | July 7, 1931 |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Riders of the Cactus is a 1931 American Western film directed by David Kirkland and starring Hal Taliaferro, Buzz Barton and Fred Church.[1] Location shooting took place in Sonora, California, and near Tucson, Arizona at the Tanque Verde Ranch and Mission San Xavier del Bac Mission.[2] The film was made back-to-back with Flying Lariats.
Cast[]
- Hal Taliaferro as Bob Bronson
- Buzz Barton as Buzz
- Fred Church as Jake McKeever, alias Jake Wenzel
- as Josie
- as Pete
- Don Wilson as Peon
- as Bill
- as Hattie McKeever
- as Aunt Sarah Casey
- as Ranger Captain
- as Trick Roper / Ranger
Plot[]
Smugglers on the Mexico–United States border pursue the tourist Josie after they learn that she has a valuable map that shows the location of buried treasure. Bronson rescues her, catching and beating the villains. Agents from the U.S. Border Patrol take the villains away, and Bronson and Josie turn the treasure over to a mission church where they are married.[3][4]
References[]
- ^ Pitts p.67
- ^ Tucson Daily Citizen, October 7, 1931
- ^ "Riders of the Cactus". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Riders of the Cactus (1931)". AllMovie. Archived from the original on August 22, 2021. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
Bibliography[]
- Michael R. Pitts. Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland & Company, 2005.
External links[]
Categories:
- English-language films
- 1931 films
- 1931 Western (genre) films
- American films
- American Western (genre) films
- Films shot in Arizona
- Films shot in Tucson, Arizona
- Films directed by David Kirkland
- 1930s Western (genre) film stubs