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Riders of Death Valley

A MILLION-DOLLAR SUPER SERIAL! With a thousand teeming thrills in 15 exciting chapters!

6.8(2)19414h 43m1

The Saturday matinee crowd got two cowboy stars for the price of one in this lavishly budgeted western serial starring former singing cowboy Dick Foran and Buck Jones. The latter contributed deadpan humor to the proceedings, making Jones perhaps the highest paid B-western comedy relief in history. The two heroes defend the Death Valley borax miners from an outlaw gang headed by Wolf Reade. An extraordinarily strong cast -- for a serial, at least -- supported the stars, headed by Charles Bickford as Reade, Leo Carillo, Lon Chaney, Jr., and silent screen star Monte Blue. Leading lady Jeanne Kelly later changed her name to Jean Brooks and starred in the atmospheric RKO thriller The Seventh Victim (1943). Universal claimed to have spent $1 million on this serial and made sure to get their money's worth by endlessly recycling the action footage in serials and B-westerns for years to come.

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Status
Released
Budget
$1M
Box office
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Language
English
  • california
  • saloon
  • judge
  • gang leader
  • deception
  • gang
  • torture
  • desert
  • death
  • cliffhanger
  • death valley

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  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR1 Jul 1941
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical15 Dec 1941
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical20 Jul 1950
  • MexicoMX

    • Theatrical10 Jul 1942
  • PortugalPT

    • Theatrical8 Jul 1946
  • SpainES

    • Theatrical5 Apr 1947
  • SwedenSE

    • Theatrical21 Sept 1942

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Riders of Death Valley was released on 1 July 1941.

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