The Red Rider

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This article is about the 1934 Universal serial. For the fictional cowboy, see Red Ryder. For the Republic serial about Red Ryder, see Adventures of Red Ryder. For the German film, see The Red Rider (1935 film).

The Red Rider
The Red Rider FilmPoster.jpeg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLew Landers
Written byGeorge H. Plympton
Vin Moore
Ella O'Neill
Basil Dickey
W. C. Tuttle
Produced by
Henry MacRae (associate)
StarringBuck Jones
Grant Withers
Marion Shilling
Walter Miller
Richard Cramer
CinematographyRichard Fryer
Edited by
Edward Todd

Music by
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • July 16, 1934 (1934-07-16)
Running time
15 chapters (310 min)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Red Rider is a 1934 American Western film serial from Universal Pictures and starring Buck Jones. It has a 15 chapters based on the short story "The Redhead from Sun Dog" by W. C. Tuttle, and is a remake of Buck Jones' earlier 1931 movie The Range Feud.

Plot[]

Sheriff "Red" Davison (Buck Jones), the sheriff of Sun Dog, is shocked when he hears his good friend "Silent" Slade (Grant Withers) has been accused of murdering a man named Scotty McKee (J.P. McGowan). He feels that Slade was framed and denied a fair trial. When Slade is sentenced to hang, Red allows him to escape from jail, sacrificing his job and his good reputation in the process. Red and his horse Silver then follow Slade in an attempt to aid him in proving his innocence.

Cast[]

  • Buck Jones as "Red" Davidson
  • Grant Withers as "Silent" Slade
  • Marion Shilling as Marie Maxwell
  • Walter Miller as Jim Breen
  • Richard Cramer as Joe Portos
  • Silver as Silver, Red's Horse
  • Charles K. French as Robert Maxwell
  • as Joan McKee
  • Edmund Cobb as Johnny Snow
  • Monte Montague as Bill Abel, one of Portos' henchmen
  • Jim Thorpe as Al Abel, one of Portos' henchmen
  • William Desmond as Sheriff Campbell
  • as Mayor "Soapy" Caswell
  • Robert McGowan as Hubert Sund
  • J. Frank Glendon as an Attorney

Production[]

The Red Rider was based on the short story "The Redhead from Sun Dog" by W. C. Tuttle.[1]

Stunts[]

  • Cliff Lyons
  • Tom Steele

Chapter titles[]

  1. Sentenced to Die
  2. A Leap for Life
  3. The Night Attack
  4. A Treacherous Ambush
  5. Trapped
  6. The Brink of Death
  7. The Fatal Plunge
  8. The Stampede
  9. The Posse Rider
  10. The Avenging Trail
  11. The Lost Diamonds
  12. Double Trouble
  13. The Night Raiders
  14. In the Enemies' Hideout
  15. Brought to Justice

Source:[2]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Cline, William C. (1984). "2. In Search of Ammunition". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 10. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
  2. ^ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 210. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

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