Daredevils of the West (1943)

Foster (Charles Miller (IV)' , owner of the local stagecoach line in Canyon City in the 1880s, has received a Federal Franchise Commission grant and is rushing to complete a new road ... See full summary »

Director:

John English

Writers:

Ronald Davidson (original screenplay), Basil Dickey (original screenplay),

Stars:

Allan Lane, Kay Aldridge, Eddie Acuff

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Allan Lane	...	Duke Cameron
Kay Aldridge	...	June Foster
Eddie Acuff	...	Red Kelly
William Haade	...	Barton Ward
Robert Frazer	...	Martin Dexter
Ted Adams	...	Silas Higby
George J. Lewis	...	Turner (as George Lewis)
Stanley Andrews	...	Col. Andrews [Ch. 1, 12]
Jack Rockwell	...	Sheriff Watson [Ch. 2, 3, 7, 9, 11, 12]
Charles Miller	...	Foster [Ch. 1]
John Hamilton	...	Sen. Garfield [Ch. 8]
Budd Buster	...	Jim Brady--Indian Scout [Ch. 1]
Kenneth Harlan	...	Territorial Commissioner [Ch. 9, 10]
Kenne Duncan	...	George Hooker [Ch. 9] (as Ken Duncan)
Rex Lease	...	Jack [Ch. 9]

Storyline

Foster (Charles Miller (IV)' , owner of the local stagecoach line in Canyon City in the 1880s, has received a Federal Franchise Commission grant and is rushing to complete a new road through the lawless Comanche Strip with the aid of his daughter, June (Kay Aldridge), and his construction foreman "Red" Kelly (Eddie Acuff). Unbeknownst to them, their supposed friend, land-and-cattle dealer Martin Dexter (Robert Frazer), and the town lawyer, Silas Higby (Ted Adams), have plans of their own; should Foster's road see completion, homesteaders would occupy the strip and ruin Dexter's plans to buy the 500,000 acres for cattle-grazing land. Dester hires a band of renegade Indians to attack the road crew. Indian scout Jim Brady (Budd Buster)sees a supply wagon driver by "Red" and June being cased by the renegades, alerts the work-camp crew and then rides to summon Captain Duke Cameron (Allan Lane) and his U.S. Cavalry troop but, before they arrive, Foster has been killed along with many of his...

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Plot Keywords:

furlough | cliffhanger | u.s. cavalry | stagecoach line | serial | 

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Taglines:

RENEGADE INDIANS...STRIKE FROM AMBUSH AGAINST THESE FEARLESS TRAILBLAZING WESTERN PIONEERS! (original poster-all caps)

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Western

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 May 1943 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Tribo Misteriosa

Filming Locations:

Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Republic Pictures (I)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

196 min 196 min (12 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Eric Stedman served as the restoration director for the 2010 DVD release.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Red Kelly - the foreman: Is everything loaded, Red?
June Foster: That's the last of 'em, Miss June. When you're ready, we'll be headed back for the camp.
June Foster: I have to wait for the stage from Pine Junction. It's bringing in some mail for Father.
Red Kelly - the foreman: And here it comes, right on the minute! That's the Foster Stage Company for you.

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Connections

Edited into Man with the Steel Whip (1954)

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Soundtracks

"Camptown Races"
Written by Stephen Foster
Played as piano background music in Chapter 12

User Reviews

I've finally seen it!

I can now say I've seen every single Republic serial!

There really wasn't much plot to this serial - I can't even remember what it was that the bad guys were trying to do or why they were bad. Thats OK, because its a serial with nonstop action that never lets up.

Everyone in this serial seemed to have a lot of barrels lying around with "Explosives" or "Powder" written on the side. You know what that means! :-) There are some renegade Indians that are told one of the most outrageous lines I've heard in a serial: "Remember, white people must die". The fights seemed extra long in this serial as compared to other Republics. It contains that sequence where the wagon with the explosives goes off as it rolls down a path along a cliff side. Its contains the locked in the jail cell while the jail is on fire sequence. It also has two times where the pin comes out of that swivel thing on the front of a wagon so it ends up rolling off the edge of a cliff. I mean where you see it approach the edge and go over from the point of view of someone in the wagon. There's a cave with a fire pit and more too!

I can only hope that it will one day be available for home viewing.