
Riders of Death Valley
- Action
- Western
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.
Cast

Dick Foran
Jim Benton

Leo Carrillo
Pancho Lopez

Buck Jones
Tombstone

Charles Bickford
Wolf Reade

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Borax Bill

Lon Chaney Jr.
Henchman Butch

Noah Beery Jr.
Smokey

Jean Brooks
Mary Morgan (as Jeanne Kelly)

James Blaine
Joseph Kirby

Monte Blue
Rance Davis

Glenn Strange
Tex, a Benton Rider

Roy Barcroft
Henchman Dirk

Jack Rockwell
Henchman Trigger

Ethan Laidlaw
Henchman Rusty

Richard Alexander
Henchman Pete Grump

Frank Austin
Chuckawalla Charlie Morgan [Ch. 1]
- Charles Thomas
Charles Thomas
Rimrock [Ch. 4]

William Hall
Dan Gordon [Chs. 1, 8-10]
- James Guilfoyle
James Guilfoyle
Judge Knox [Chs. 2, 13-14]

Ernie Adams
Cactus Pete, Prospector [Ch.14]

Ted Adams
Hank

Frank Brownlee
Slim

Bob Burns
Miner in Saloon

Rod Cameron
Rider

Jack Rube Clifford
Lafe Hogan

Edmund Cobb
Salty
- Art Dillard
Art Dillard
Miner

Jim Farley
Graham
- Chick Hannan
Chick Hannan
Miner
- Jerome Harte
Jerome Harte
Richards
- Al Haskell
Al Haskell
Barfly
- Jimmie Lucas
Jimmie Lucas
Saloon Waiter
- Frank McCarroll
Frank McCarroll
Lyncher

Ivor McFadden
Bragg
- Leo J. McMahon
Leo J. McMahon
Barfly
- Jay Michael
Jay Michael
Cashier
- Art Miles
Art Miles
Green

Bud Osborne
Stagecoach Driver
- William Pagan
William Pagan
Marshal
- Tex Palmer
Tex Palmer
Wagon Driver
- Ed Payson
Ed Payson
Buck Hansen

Gil Perkins
Fighter

Jack Perrin
Stage Guard
- Alonzo Price
Alonzo Price
Mr. Wilson
- Ruth Rickaby
Ruth Rickaby
Kate

Don Rowan
Blake
- Dick Rush
Dick Rush
Saloon Waiter
- Silver
Silver
Tombstone's Horse
- Smoke
Smoke
Jim's Horse

Richard Travis
Joe Miller

Slim Whitaker
Stable Owner
- Ken Nolan
Ken Nolan
Cashier



















