Mystery of the Riverboat

Oct 24, 1944

3h 38m

★ 6.0

Overview

A movie serial in 13 chapters: Some swampland becomes valuable, and various factions squabble over ownership of it.

Genres

Action

Crime

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Mystery of the Riverboat Trailers

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Cast

Steve Langtry

Robert Lowery

Jenny Perrin

Marjorie Clements

Rudolph Toller

Lyle Talbot

Clayton

Arthur Hohl

Capt. Ethan Perrin

Oscar O'Shea

Louis Schaber

Joe Devlin

Bruno Bloch

Anthony Warde

Batiste

Francis McDonald

Charles Langtry

Eddy Waller

Celeste Eltree [Chs. 1-4, 7]

Marion Martin

Jug Jenks [Chs. 1-4, 7]

Eddie Quillan

Chief Engineer [Chs. 1-4, 7]

Alec Craig

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