Riders of Death Valley
1941, English. Directed by Ray Taylor & Ford Beebe.
A MILLION-DOLLAR SUPER SERIAL! With a thousand teeming thrills in 15 exciting chapters!
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.
- Runtime
- 4h 43m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
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Cast & crew
- Ray TaylorDirector
- Ford BeebeDirector
- Dick ForanJim Benton
- Leo CarrilloPancho Lopez
- Buck JonesTombstone
- Charles BickfordWolf Reade
- Guinn 'Big Boy' WilliamsBorax Bill
- Lon Chaney Jr.Henchman Butch
- Noah Beery Jr.Smokey
- Jean BrooksMary Morgan (as Jeanne Kelly)
- James BlaineJoseph Kirby
- Monte BlueRance Davis
- Glenn StrangeTex, a Benton Rider
- Roy BarcroftHenchman Dirk
Details
- Released
- 1 July 1941
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Jack O'Donnell, George H. Plympton, Basil Dickey
- Budget
- $1M
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Riders of Death Valley runs 283 minutes (4h 43m).
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Riders of Death Valley is rated NR in India. Check the rating guidance before watching with young children.
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Riders of Death Valley isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 July 1941. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed Riders of Death Valley?
Riders of Death Valley (1941) was directed by Ray Taylor and Ford Beebe and stars Dick Foran, Leo Carrillo, Buck Jones.