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, the sheriff of Sun Dog, is shocked when he hears his good friend "Silent" Slade has been accused of murdering a man named Scotty McKee. 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.

Stunts

• Cliff Lyons

• Tom Steele

Chapter titles

1. Sentenced to Die

2. A Leap for Life

3. The Night Attack

4. A Treacherous Ambush

5. Trapped

6. The Brink of Death

7. The Fatal Plunge

8. The Stampede

9. The Posse Rider

10. The Avenging Trail

11. The Lost Diamonds

12. Double Trouble

13. The Night Raiders

14. In the Enemies' Hideout

15. Brought to Justice

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See also

• List of film serials

• List of film serials by studio

References

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