
Riders of Death Valley
Action · Western
Overview
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.
Top Cast


Dick Foran
Dick Foran
Jim Benton
Dick Foran
Jim Benton


Leo Carrillo
Leo Carrillo
Pancho Lopez
Leo Carrillo
Pancho Lopez


Buck Jones
Buck Jones
Tombstone
Buck Jones
Tombstone


Charles Bickford
Charles Bickford
Wolf Reade
Charles Bickford
Wolf Reade


Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Borax Bill
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Borax Bill


Lon Chaney Jr.
Lon Chaney Jr.
Henchman Butch
Lon Chaney Jr.
Henchman Butch


Noah Beery Jr.
Noah Beery Jr.
Smokey
Noah Beery Jr.
Smokey


Jean Brooks
Jean Brooks
Mary Morgan (as Jeanne Kelly)
Jean Brooks
Mary Morgan (as Jeanne Kelly)


James Blaine
James Blaine
Joseph Kirby
James Blaine
Joseph Kirby


Monte Blue
Monte Blue
Rance Davis
Monte Blue
Rance Davis
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