THE RED RIDER (1934) - colorized version

THE RED RIDER is a 1934 American Western film serial from Universal Pictures and starring Buck Jones. It has 15 chapters based on the short story "The Redhead from Sun Dog" by W. C. Tuttle, and is a remake of Buck Jones' earlier 1931 film The Range Feud.

PLOT:
Sheriff "Red" Davison (Buck Jones), the sheriff of Sun Dog, is shocked when he hears his good friend "Silent" Slade (Grant Withers) has been accused of murdering a man named Scotty McKee (J.P. McGowan). He feels that Slade was framed and denied a fair trial. When Slade is sentenced to hang, Red allows him to escape from jail, sacrificing his job and his good reputation in the process. Red and his horse Silver then follow Slade in an attempt to aid him in proving his innocence.

CAST:
Buck Jones as "Red" Davidson
Grant Withers as "Silent" Slade
Marion Shilling as Marie Maxwell
Walter Miller as Jim Breen
Richard Cramer as Joe Portos
Silver as Silver, Red's Horse
Charles K. French as Robert Maxwell
Margaret La Marr as Joan McKee
Edmund Cobb as Johnny Snow
Monte Montague as Bill Abel, one of Portos' henchmen
Jim Thorpe as Al Abel, one of Portos' henchmen
William Desmond as Sheriff Campbell
Lee Beggs as Mayor "Soapy" Caswell
Robert McGowan as Hubert Sund
J. Frank Glendon as an Attorney
Production
The Red Rider was based on the short story "The Redhead from Sun Dog" by W. C. Tuttle.

STUNTS:
Cliff Lyons
Tom Steele

CHAPTERS:
Sentenced to Die
A Leap for Life
The Night Attack
A Treacherous Ambush
Trapped
The Brink of Death
The Fatal Plunge
The Stampede
The Posse Rider
The Avenging Trail
The Lost Diamonds
Double Trouble
The Night Raiders
In the Enemies' Hideout
Brought to Justice