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Cinematography
  
Charles Van Enger

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

6.2/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Action, Western

Produced by
  
Morgan Cox

Language
  
English

The Royal Mounted Rides Again movie poster

Director
  
Lewis D. Collins Ray Taylor

Writer
  
Joseph ODonnell
,
Tom Gibson
,
Harold Channing Wire

Release date
  
23 October 1945

Directors
  
Ray Taylor, Lewis D. Collins

Genres
  
Action Film, Adventure Film, Detective fiction, Black-and-white

Cast
  
Bill Kennedy
(Corporal J. Wayne Decker),
Daun Kennedy
(June Bailey),
Milburn Stone
(Brad Taggart),
George Dolenz
(Constable 'Frenchy' Moselle),
Robert Armstrong
(Jonathan Price),
Rondo Hatton
(Bull Andrews)

Related Ray Taylor movies
  
The Scarlet Horseman (1946), Raiders of Ghost City (1944), Lost City of the Jungle (1946), Junior G-Men of the Air (1942), The Adventures of Smilin Jack (1943)

Tagline
  
THE MOUNTIES GET THEIR MAN...blasting the outlaws out of the Northwest!

The Royal Mounted Rides Again was a 1945 Universal film serial. Adventure serials of this type were popular in the early days of cinema. The serial, often called cliffhangers, would show one episode per week, with an ending that would hide the outcome of an exciting event, sometimes ending with "tune in next week for the exciting continuing saga..", or something along those lines. Actor and popular singing cowboy of the day Addison Randall died during the making of this serial.

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Plot

Mine owner Jackson Decker orders his manager to obtain miner Tom Bailey's milling machinery, no matter what the cost. When Bailey is found murdered, suspicion naturally falls on Jackson and his manager. Jackson's son, a Canadian Mountie, is directed to seek out the murderer, or murderers, and bring them to justice.

The Mountie joins forces with a French-Canadian policeman, Bailey's beautiful daughter, and a phony palm reader to learn the truth. The foursome soon discover that there is a secret gold mine, a double crossing casino owner, and a forger at the bottom of the crime.

Cast

  • George Dolenz as Constable "Frenchy" Moselle
  • Bill Kennedy as Corporal J. Wayne Decker
  • Daun Kennedy as June Bailey
  • Paul E. Burns as "Latitude" Bucket
  • Milburn Stone as Brad Taggart
  • Robert Armstrong as Jonathan Price
  • Danny Morton as Eddie "Dancer" Clare, Price's dealer
  • Addison Richards as Jackson Decker
  • Tom Fadden as Lode MacKenzie
  • Joe Haworth as Bunker
  • Helen Bennett as Dillie Clark aka Madame Mysterioso
  • Joseph Crehan as Sergeant Nelson
  • Selmer Jackson as Superintendent MacDonald
  • Daral Hudson as Sergeant Ladue
  • George Lloyd as Kent

    • Critical reception

    Cline claims that The Royal Mounted Rides Again is "pretty close to being the weakest chapter film [Universal] ever made." An excellent cast was wasted and the story "wandered aimlessly [with] almost no suspense."

    Chapter titles

    1. Canaska [sic] Gold
    2. The Avalanche Trap
    3. River on Fire
    4. Skyline Target
    5. Murder Toboggan
    6. Ore Car Accident
    7. Buckboard Runaway
    8. Thundering Water
    9. Dead Men for Decoys
    10. Derringer Death
    11. Night Trail Danger
    12. Twenty Dollar Double Cross
    13. Flaming Showdown

    Source:

    References

    The Royal Mounted Rides Again Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    The Royal Mounted Rides Again IMDb The Royal Mounted Rides Again themoviedb.org