Raiders of Ghost City

Jul 25, 1944

3h 45m

★ 6.0

13 CHAPTERS OF GUN-BLAZING THRILLS!

Overview

During the latter stages of the Civil War, a gang of supposed Confederates, headed by Alex Morel (Lionel Atwill), raid all gold shipments destined for Washington from Oro Grande, California. Can they be brought to justice?

Genres

Action

Western

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

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Cast

Capt. Steve Clark

Dennis Moore

Cathy Haines

Wanda McKay

Erich von Rugen, alias Alex Morel

Lionel Atwill

Idaho Jones

Joe Sawyer

Capt. Clay Randolph [Chs. 1-6]

Regis Toomey

Countess Elsa von Merck, alias Trina Dressard

Virginia Christine

Doc Blair (as Eddy C. Waller)

Eddy Waller

Count Manfried von Rinkton, alias Carl Lawton [Chs. 6-7]

Emmett Vogan

Colonel Sewell

Addison Richards

Hugo Metzger, alias Abel Rackerby [Chs. 8-9]

Charles Wagenheim

Braddock - Confederate Outlaw

Jack Ingram

Henchman Rawhide

Edmund Cobb

Daniel Robin has become mixed up with a band of criminals known as "the 13," and is shot when he refuses to do their bidding. His daughter Ruth, brought home from boarding school, reaches his bedside before he expires. He tells her that she will be given thirteen keys. Instructions will be provided with each key and, if she follows the instructions, she will eventually fully learn of her birthright. Many adventures then follow as Ruth attempts to solve the puzzle of each key and establish her true birthright.

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