The read
It runs long at 3h 41m.
Synopsis
In time-honored fashion, a couple of supporting players -- George Dolenz and Bill Kennedy -- found themselves elevated to starring roles in this minor Universal serial. They played Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers investigating the murder of a miner. The story, of course, was less important than speed and action, which directors Ray Taylor and Lewis D. Collins delivered in typical slap-dash Universal style. Starlet Daun Kennedy did not make much of an impression as the imperiled leading lady, and former star Robert Armstrong (of King Kong fame) was wasted in a subordinate role. Rondo Hatton, a non-actor whose grotesque appearance (caused by acromegaly, the so-called "Elephant Man" disease) was tastelessly exploited by Universal in the '40s, appeared as one of the outlaws.
Ratings
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Ray TaylorDirector
- Harold Channing WireScreenplay
- Joseph O'DonnellScreenplay
- Tom GibsonScreenplay
- Lewis D. CollinsDirector
Cast
- Bill KennedyCorporal J. Wayne Decker
- Daun KennedyJune Bailey
- George DolenzConstable 'Frenchy' Moselle
- Milburn StoneBrad Taggart
- Robert ArmstrongJonathan Price
- Rondo HattonBull Andrews
- Paul E. Burns'Latitude' Bucket
- Danny MortonEddie 'Dancer' Clare, Price's Card Dealer
- Addison RichardsJackson Decker
- Tom Fadden'Lode' MacKenzie
- Joe HaworthBunker (Chief Gold Raider) (as Joseph Haworth)
- Helen BennettDillie Clark aka Madame Mysterioso