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70% Critic Match
The Red Rider
“WHOOPEE! Look who's here!!! The screen's outstanding man of action in a smashing WESTERN SERIAL.”
7.0 / 10• 1934• 5h 10m•NR• English
ComedyWesternActionAdventure
Storyline
"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.
Cast & Crew
Buck Jones
'Red' Davidson
Lead
Grant Withers
'Silent' Slade
Marion Shilling
Marie Maxwell
Walter Miller
Jim Breen
Richard Cramer
Joe Portos
ML
Margaret La Marr
Joan McKee
Charles K. French
Robert Maxwell
Edmund Cobb
Johnny Snow
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Lew Landers's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Red Rider is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
