The Red Rider

Jul 16, 1934

5h 10m

★ 4.0

WHOOPEE! Look who's here!!! The screen's outstanding man of action in a smashing WESTERN SERIAL.

Overview

"Red" Davison(Buck Jones), the sheriff of Sun Dog, sacrifices his job and his good name to save his best friend, "Silent" Slade from the hangman's noose, following a framed-up court decision which sentences Slade to hang for the murder of "Scotty McKee (J.P. McGowan). Davidson allows Slade to escape from jail and follows him to aid him in proving his innocence.

Genres

Comedy

Western

Action

Adventure

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

The Red Rider Trailers

Cast

'Red' Davidson

Buck Jones

'Silent' Slade

Grant Withers

Marie Maxwell

Marion Shilling

Jim Breen

Walter Miller

Joe Portos

Richard Cramer

Joan McKee

Margaret La Marr

Robert Maxwell

Charles K. French

Johnny Snow

Edmund Cobb

Scotty McKee

J.P. McGowan

Sheriff Campbell

William Desmond

Banty

John Merton

Deputy Harp Harris

Frank Rice

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