The Royal Mounted Rides Again

The Royal Mounted Rides Again
Directed byLewis D. Collins
Ray Taylor
Written byJoseph O'Donnell
Tom Gibson
Harold Channing Wire
Produced byMorgan Cox
StarringGeorge Dolenz
Bill Kennedy
Daun Kennedy
Paul E. Burns
Milburn Stone
Robert Armstrong
CinematographyJerome Ash
Charles Van Enger
Edited byNorman A. Cerf (supervisor)
Irving Birnbaum
Jack Dolan
Alvin Todd
Edgar Zane
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • October 23, 1945 (1945-10-23)
Running time
13 chapters (221 minutes)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Royal Mounted Rides Again is a 1945 Universal Pictures film serial. Actor and popular singing cowboy of the day Jack Randall died during the making of this serial.

Plot

Mine owner Jackson Decker orders his manager to obtain miner Tom Bailey's milling machinery, no matter what the cost. When Bailey is found murdered, suspicion naturally falls on Jackson and his manager. Jackson's son, a Canadian Mountie, is directed to seek out the murderer, or murderers, and bring them to justice.

The Mountie joins forces with a French-Canadian policeman, Bailey's beautiful daughter, and a phony palm reader to learn the truth. The foursome soon discover that there is a secret gold mine, a double crossing casino owner, and a forger at the bottom of the crime.

Cast

Critical reception

Cline claims that The Royal Mounted Rides Again is "pretty close to being the weakest chapter film [Universal] ever made." An excellent cast was wasted and the story "wandered aimlessly [with] almost no suspense."[1]

Chapter titles

  1. Canaska [sic] Gold
  2. The Avalanche Trap
  3. River on Fire
  4. Skyline Target
  5. Murder Toboggan
  6. Ore Car Accident
  7. Buckboard Runaway
  8. Thundering Water
  9. Dead Men for Decoys
  10. Derringer Death
  11. Night Trail Danger
  12. Twenty Dollar Double Cross
  13. Flaming Showdown

Source:[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Cline, William C. (1984). "3. The Six Faces of Adventure". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 46. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
  2. ^ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 241–242. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
Preceded by Universal Serial
The Royal Mounted Rides Again (1945)
Succeeded by