The Red Rider
The Red Rider is a 1934 Universal Buck Jones 15-chapter movie serial based on the short story "The Redhead from Sun Dog" by W. C. Tuttle. It is a remake of Buck Jones' earlier 1931 movie The Range Feud.
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| Directed by | Lew Landers |
| Produced by | Milton Gatzert Henry MacRae (associate) |
| Written by | George H. Plympton Vin Moore Ella O'Neill Basil Dickey W. C. Tuttle |
| Starring | Buck Jones Grant Withers Marion Shilling Walter Miller Richard Cramer |
| Music by | David Klatzkin Al Short |
| Cinematography | Richard Fryer |
| Edited by | Saul A. Goodkind Edward Todd Joseph Gluck Louis Sackin |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 15 chapters (310 min) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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
- Margaret La Marr 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
- Lee Beggs 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
Chapter titles
- Sentenced to Die
- A Leap for Life
- The Night Attack
- A Treacherous Ambush
- Trapped
- The Brink of Death
- The Fatal Plunge
- The Stampede
- The Posse Rider
- The Avenging Trail
- The Lost Diamonds
- Double Trouble
- The Night Raiders
- In the Enemies' Hideout
- Brought to Justice
Source:[2]
References
- Cline, William C. (1984). "2. In Search of Ammunition". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 10. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
- Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 210. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
External links
| Preceded by The Vanishing Shadow (1934) |
Universal Serial The Red Rider (1934) |
Succeeded by Tailspin Tommy (1934) |