Riders of Death Valley
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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Cast
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Dick Foran
Jim Benton![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/2vnSRTNNUcaay4PcnOTCqDCwjqf.jpg)
Leo Carrillo
Pancho Lopez![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/mO2WCdlygUVNr3yg8AiOCvcNHOC.jpg)
Buck Jones
Tombstone![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/6KHt9ntoDHaPW4HXi5u5n92aycg.jpg)
Charles Bickford
Wolf Reade![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/oOJIg1Cnsc9IsT1861kLxyQjkuy.jpg)
Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
Borax Bill![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/xj8gBZ7Vbu1rGm1uaL11MfD8RSe.jpg)
Lon Chaney Jr.
Henchman Butch![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/oFdEn3ePUmhltOmF16Ggu1h1pQk.jpg)
Noah Beery Jr.
Smokey![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/em8aWLDPIWwOvzNIa1hMg9j6FBn.jpg)
Jean Brooks
Mary Morgan (as Jeanne Kelly)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/wEThUS05tbOYHNshIG8f9vlAM7n.jpg)
James Blaine
Joseph Kirby![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/f9VVvlkPviIaHfcW8fog8JwYUvP.jpg)
Monte Blue
Rance Davis![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/6SPVOqbKTSt3NA6OzoXJsjJTucc.jpg)
Glenn Strange
Tex, a Benton Rider![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/57EKCVAOfcNKNNcHBtkmp0cU9od.jpg)
Roy Barcroft
Henchman Dirk![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/dEcOceMFcKKxIp9khUJruuFmFiA.jpg)
Jack Rockwell
Henchman Trigger![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/dFwm3fnaUkEUzRbSUxSVmnnteX9.jpg)
Ethan Laidlaw
Henchman Rusty![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/lRiIxz87P5YhfwargFYYzVV5frb.jpg)
Richard Alexander
Henchman Pete Grump![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/9sE9RjzoQwKCVWGpAH3PrtRmjwl.jpg)
Frank Austin
Chuckawalla Charlie Morgan [Ch. 1]![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/dGE8BG4iO9un9YzgAhX7YMPDPnz.jpg)
William Hall
Dan Gordon [Chs. 1, 8-10]![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/zpKSSdsuDVofN1GAAbKnkn2GjrL.jpg)
Ernie Adams
Cactus Pete, Prospector [Ch.14]![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/8nlghnRT63ETMDqSSAfXYlLE9N7.jpg)
Ted Adams
Hank![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/lPmD6rNE4boN95496BaRZcuAv2t.jpg)
Frank Brownlee
Slim![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/xqajGPjd1X6JpigS9tJaeNc59pr.jpg)
Bob Burns
Miner in Saloon![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/aX3wWg3WIXIA5NBloBJ2TTNStC3.jpg)
Rod Cameron
Rider![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/xOwlFhANXauQur5JkuiJ1K6rdnt.jpg)
Jack Rube Clifford
Lafe Hogan![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/icnYHc5GwjZzl9wF2nLP8rPvL8a.jpg)
Edmund Cobb
Salty![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/155ugk9VWe00T7wWSo3pqb9b80d.jpg)
Jim Farley
Graham![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/7ZNWdU3rdBWFwdl93O5QzzmHF9L.jpg)
Ivor McFadden
Bragg![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/82VGN2TkLz85qDLBXqrEykjsNWW.jpg)
Bud Osborne
Stagecoach Driver![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/sIDD5DtGAyf8ZGhHz19xvRobnRG.jpg)
Jack Perrin
Stage Guard![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/3oNTGnp0ov3oX8pbHfDA6N55y8Y.jpg)
Don Rowan
Blake![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/hTAGBBSzDu0Z8BNGcE2FHsCUr7k.jpg)
Silver
Tombstone's Horse![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/yrTujfazJzokubJk7jhMpXBjkpD.jpg)
Richard Travis
Joe Miller![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/jrDw1jXr26U7XC4lTSbwUHCohf6.jpg)
Slim Whitaker
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