The Royal Mounted Rides Again

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The Royal Mounted Rides Again
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Directed byLewis D. Collins
Ray Taylor
Written by
Tom Gibson
Produced byMorgan Cox
StarringGeorge Dolenz
Bill Kennedy

Paul E. Burns
Milburn Stone
Robert Armstrong
Cinematography
Charles Van Enger
Edited by (supervisor)

Jack Dolan
Alvin Todd
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • October 23, 1945 (1945-10-23)
Running time
13 chapters (221 minutes)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Royal Mounted Rides Again is a 1945 Universal film serial. Adventure serials of this type were popular in the early days of cinema. The serial, often called cliffhangers, would show one episode per week, with an ending that would hide the outcome of an exciting event, sometimes ending with "tune in next week for the exciting continuing saga..", or something along those lines. Actor and popular singing cowboy of the day Addison Randall died during the making of this serial.

Plot[]

Mine owner Jackson Decker orders his manager to obtain miner Tom Bailey's milling machinery, no matter what the cost. When Bailey is found murdered, suspicion naturally falls on Jackson and his manager. Jackson's son, a Canadian Mountie, is directed to seek out the murderer, or murderers, and bring them to justice.

The Mountie joins forces with a French-Canadian policeman, Bailey's beautiful daughter, and a phony palm reader to learn the truth. The foursome soon discover that there is a secret gold mine, a double crossing casino owner, and a forger at the bottom of the crime.

Cast[]

  • George Dolenz as Constable "Frenchy" Moselle
  • Bill Kennedy as Corporal J. Wayne Decker
  • as June Bailey
  • Paul E. Burns as "Latitude" Bucket
  • Milburn Stone as Brad Taggart
  • Robert Armstrong as Jonathan Price
  • Danny Morton as Eddie "Dancer" Clare, Price's dealer
  • Addison Richards as Jackson Decker
  • Tom Fadden as Lode MacKenzie
  • as Bunker
  • Helen Bennett as Dillie Clark aka Madame Mysterioso
  • Joseph Crehan as Sergeant Nelson
  • Selmer Jackson as Superintendent MacDonald
  • as Sergeant Ladue
  • George Lloyd as Kent

Critical reception[]

Cline claims that The Royal Mounted Rides Again is "pretty close to being the weakest chapter film [Universal] ever made." An excellent cast was wasted and the story "wandered aimlessly [with] almost no suspense."[1]

Chapter titles[]

  1. Canaska [sic] Gold
  2. The Avalanche Trap
  3. River on Fire
  4. Skyline Target
  5. Murder Toboggan
  6. Ore Car Accident
  7. Buckboard Runaway
  8. Thundering Water
  9. Dead Men for Decoys
  10. Derringer Death
  11. Night Trail Danger
  12. Twenty Dollar Double Cross
  13. Flaming Showdown

Source:[2]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Cline, William C. (1984). "3. The Six Faces of Adventure". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 46. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
  2. ^ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 241–242. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

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Preceded by Universal Serial
The Royal Mounted Rides Again (1945) 		Succeeded by
The Scarlet Horsemen (1946)
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