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Riders of Death Valley
Riders of Death Valley
Directed by	Ford Beebe; Ray Taylor
Written by	Basil Dickey; Oliver Drake; Sherman L. Lowe; Jack O'Donnell; George H. Plympton
Produced by	Henry MacRae
Starring	Dick Foran; Leo Carrillo; Buck Jones; Charles Bickford; Guinn "Big Boy" Williams; Lon Chaney, Jr.; Noah Beery, Jr.
Cinematography	Jerome Ash; William A. Sickner
Edited by	Saul A. Goodkind (supervisor); Joseph Gluck; Louis Sackin; Alvin Todd
Music by	Charles Previn
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	July 1, 1941;
Running time	15 chapters (283 minutes)
Country	United States
Language	English

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Riders of Death Valley is a 1941 Universal movie serial. It was a high budget serial with an all-star cast led by Dick Foran and Buck Jones. Ford Beebe and Ray Taylor directed. It also featured Lon Chaney Jr. in a supporting role as a villainous henchman.^[1]

Cast

Dick Foran as Jim Benton, vigilante hero
Leo Carrillo as Pancho Lopez
Buck Jones as Tombstone
Charles Bickford as Wolf Reade, villain hired by Kirby and Davis
Guinn "Big Boy" Williams as Borax Bill
Lon Chaney, Jr. as Butch, one of Reade's henchmen
Noah Beery, Jr. as Smokey
Jean Brooks as Mary Morgan
James Blaine as Joseph Kirby, one of the mastermind villains
Monte Blue as Rance Davis, the other mastermind villain
Glenn Strange as Tex, a Benton Rider
Roy Barcroft as Dirk, one of Reade's henchmen
Jack Rockwell as Trigger, one of Reade's henchmen
Ethan Laidlaw as Rusty, one of Reade's henchmen
Richard Alexander as Pete Grump, one of Reade's henchmen

Production

Riders of Death Valley was Universal's "all-star, high-budget western cliffhanger."^[2] It provided a lot of stock footage for later serials.^[3]

Stunts

Chapter titles

Death Marks the Trail
The Menacing Herd
The Plunge of Peril
Flaming Fury
The Avalanche of Doom
Blood and Gold
Death Rides the Storm
Descending Doom
Death Holds the Reins
Devouring Flames
The Fatal Blast
Thundering Doom
Bridge of Disaster
A Fight to the Death
The Harvest of Hate

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References

^ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 229–230. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
^ Harmon, Jim; Donald F. Glut (1973). "14. The Villains "All Bad, All Mad"". The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury. Routledge. p. 361. ISBN 978-0-7130-0097-9.
^ Harmon, Jim; Donald F. Glut (1973). "12. The Westerns "Who Was That Masked Man!"". The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury. Routledge. p. 319. ISBN 978-0-7130-0097-9.
^ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 229–230. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

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Preceded by Sky Raiders (1941)	Universal Serial Riders of Death Valley (1941)	Succeeded by Sea Raiders (1941)

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[1] Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 229–230. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

[2] Harmon, Jim; Donald F. Glut (1973). "14. The Villains "All Bad, All Mad"". The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury. Routledge. p. 361. ISBN 978-0-7130-0097-9.

[3] Harmon, Jim; Donald F. Glut (1973). "12. The Westerns "Who Was That Masked Man!"". The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury. Routledge. p. 319. ISBN 978-0-7130-0097-9.

[4] Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 229–230. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

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+''Riders of Death Valley'' was Universal's "all-star, high-budget western cliffhanger."<ref>{{cite book | last = Harmon | first = Jim |author2=Donald F. Glut |author2-link=Donald F. Glut | author-link = Jim Harmon | title = The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury  | year = 1973 | publisher = Routledge | isbn = 978-0-7130-0097-9 | pages = 361 | chapter = 14. The Villains "All Bad, All Mad" }}</ref>  It provided a lot of stock footage for later serials.<ref>{{cite book | last = Harmon | first = Jim |author2=Donald F. Glut |author2-link=Donald F. Glut | author-link = Jim Harmon | title = The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury  | year = 1973 | publisher = Routledge | isbn = 978-0-7130-0097-9 | pages = 319 | chapter = 12. The Westerns "Who Was That Masked Man!" }}</ref>
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