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"The King of B-Westerns & Serials...VCI Entertainment ~ Riders of Death Valley (1941)"
VCI Entertainment and Universal Pictures present "Riders of Death Valley" (1941) (digitally remastered), 15 Chapters of vintage serial loaded with thrilling drama and high adventure sequences featuring heroes and villains Dick Foran, Leo Carrillo, Buck Jones, Charles Bickford, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Lon Chaney Jr, Noah Beery Jr. Glenn Strange and Roy Barcroft..there is a great deal of entertainment here for the cliffhanger fans out there... It has more of everything with lots of action, hard riding chases and plenty of shootouts...Universal Pictures publicity department reportedly budgeted one million dollars for "Riders of Death Valley", this was an unheard dollar amount for any B-Western. <
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>The "Riders" are a group of stout hearted men protecting local miners from the bad guys of the territory...Jim Benton and Tombstone head up the riders...at the other end of the story we have a pack of wolves lead by Wolf Reade, Kirby and Davis who control the town and want more, meaning gold and total power...Benton has part ownership in the "Lost Aztec Mine" along with Mary Morgan...can Benton fight off Wolf Reade and the other hyenas....each episode gets closer to the answer, watch this and relive those thrilling yesteryears of the Saturday Matinee. <
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>Under director's Ford Beebe and Ray Taylor with screenplay by Sherman Lowe, George H Plympton and Basil Dickey...the cast include Dick Foran (Jim Benton), Leo Carrillo (Pancho Lopez), Buck Jones (Tombstone), Charles Bickford (Wolf Reade), Guinn "Big Boy" Williams (Borax Bill), Lon Chaney Jr (Butch - Henchman), Noah Beery Jr (Smokey), Jean Brooks (Mary Morgan), James Blaine (Joseph Kirby), Monte Blue (Rance Davis), Glenn Strange (Tex, sidekick toBenton), Roy Barcroft (Dirk - Henchman), Jack Rockwell (Trigger - Henchman)...a character veteran actor Edmund Cobb is cast as a good mine foreman who can't seem to keep Chaney locked up <
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>B-Westerns fans all love and know Leo Carillo who virtually played the same character, better known as Pancho every week in the "Cisco Kid" television series...Dick Foran went on to costar in John Ford westerns...Glenn Strange played the "Frankinestein" monster in various horror films and then became Sam the bartender in the weekly "Gunsmoke" television series....Lon Chaney Jr also went the horror film trail as "The Wolf Man" aka Lyle Talbott...Buck Jones had been around westerns since 1918 would be cast in the "Rough Rider" series just prior to his tragic death in 1942, he was a legend and pioneer in the early B-Westerns...almost a class reunion of B-Western alumni...can't make a good Western without those veterans...don't miss one single episode that will keep you thrilled until the next chapter the following week. <
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>CHAPTER TITLES: (Disc One) (1) <
>1. Death Marks the Trail <
>2. The Menacing Herd <
>3. The Plunge of Peril <
>4. Flaming Fury <
>5. The Avalanche of Doom <
>6. Blood and Gold <
>7. Death Rides the Storm <
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>SPECIAL FEATURES: (Disc One) <
>VCI's Photo Gallery:: <
>1. The Lone Ranger "Heigh Yo, Silver" (Serial) <
>2. Roar of the Iron Horse (Jock O'Mahoney) <
>3. Fight with Kit Carson (Johnny Mack Brown) <
>4. Gordon of Ghost City (Buck Jones) <
>5. The Phantom Empire (Gene Autry) <
>6. Raiders of Ghost City (Dennis Moore) <
>7. Riders of Death Valley (stills) <
>8. The Miracle Rider (Tom Mix) <
>9. Zorro's Cliffhanger Collection (Reed Hadley) <
>10.Mystery Mountain (Ken Maynard) <
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>VCI SERIAL TRAILERS: (Disc One) <
>1. Riders of Death Valley (Dick Foran & Buck Jones) <
>2. Winners of the West (Dick Foran) <
>3. Raiders of Ghost City (Dennis Moore & Joe Sawyer) <
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>BIOS: (Disc One) <
>1. Dick Foran <
>2. Buck Jones <
>3. Leo Carrillo <
>4. Noah Beery Jr <
>5. Guinn "Big Boy" Williams <
>6. Ford Beebe (Director) <
>7. Ray Taylor (Director) <
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>CHAPTER TITLES (Disc Two) (2) <
>8. Descending Doom <
>9. Death Holds the Reins <
>10.Devouring Flames <
>11.The Fatal Blast <
>12.Thundering Doom <
>13.Bridge of Disaster <
>14.A Fight to the Death <
>15.The Harvest of Hate <
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>VCI CliffHanger Promo: (Disc Two) <
>1. ADVENTURES OF THE FLYING CADETS (Bobby Jordan) <
>2. BUCK ROGERS (Buster Crabbe) <
>3. DICK TRACY & G Men (Ralph Byrd) <
>4. FLASH GORDON CONQUERS THE UNIVERSE (Buster Crabbe) <
>5. JUNGLE GIRL (Edgar Rice Burroughs) <
>6. JUNGLE JIM (Grant Withers & Raymond Hatton) <
>7. MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN <
>8. THE MIRACLE RIDER (Tom Mix & Tony Jr) <
>9. THE PHANTOM (Tom Tyler) <
>10.SECRET AGENT X-9 (Lloyd Bridges) <
>11.ZANE GREYS 'KING OF THE ROYAL MOUNTED" (Allan Rocky Lane) <
>12.ZORRO'S CLIFFHANGER COLLECTION (John Carroll/Reed Hadley/George J. Lewis/Linda Stirling) <
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>Own them now on DVD....if you crave action, drama and plenty of adventure then this is the place for all of the above...if you enjoyed this serial check out the thrilling release from VCI Entertainment and Universal Pictures present "Winners of the West" (1940) (digitally remastered), 13 Chapters featuring heroes and villains Dick Foran, James Craig, Harry Woods, Roy Barcroft and Charles Stevens....large scale Indian attacks and constant raids by badmen trying to steal locomotives from the railroad...loaded with non-stop action and boasts a cast of thousands...as always life threatening chapters with overturned wagons and railroad explosions. <
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>And for the readers we have the complete account of "Roy Barcroft:King of the Badmen", which is the title of Bobby J. Copeland's book on the life and times of "Republic Pictures Number One Villain" both books published by Empire Publishing and available on Amazon. <
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>Great job by VCI Entertainment for releasing the digital transfere with a clean, clear and crisp print...looking forward to more of the same from the '40s vintage...order your copy now from Amazon or VCI Entertainment, stay tuned once again with a top notch serial from VCI...just the way we like 'em! <
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>Total Time: 287 mins on 2 DVD's ~ VCI Entertainment 8435 ~ (8/30/2005)