The Red Rider

The Red Rider
The Red Rider
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Lew Landers
Written by	George H. Plympton; Vin Moore; Ella O'Neill; Basil Dickey; W. C. Tuttle
Produced by	Milton Gatzert; Henry MacRae (associate)
Starring	Buck Jones; Grant Withers; Marion Shilling; Walter Miller; Richard Cramer
Cinematography	Richard Fryer
Edited by	Saul A. Goodkind; Edward Todd; Joseph Gluck; Louis Sackin
Music by	David Klatzkin; Al Short
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	July 16, 1934;
Running time	15 chapters (310 min)
Country	United States
Language	English

The Red Rider is a 1934 American Western film serial from Universal Pictures and starring Buck Jones. It has 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 film 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
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.