The Valley of Vanishing Men

Plot

In this serial, Wild Bill Tolliver and Missouri Benson are a pair of adventurers who ride into the vast territory of New Mexico in search of Bill's father, Henry Tolliver, who mysteriously disappeared while prospecting for gold. They soon discover that a ruthless outlaw leader, Jonathan Kincaid, owns an immense mine of gold in which he uses captured Mexican patriots, among others, to work as slaves in the mine. They also learn that Kincaid has joined forces with Colonel Carl Engler, a renegade eastern European soldier, to carry out his cruel intentions. Then Bill and Missouri meet with Consuelo Ramírez, a diligent Mexican agent, who informs them that Bill's father is among the prisoners in the mine. After that, the heroes find themselves in a conflict with the outlaws in the middle of incessant fights, chases and action.

Cast

Production

Writing about the film's atmosphere, Cline says that this serial was a "grim tale...[with a] mood of ominous dread." Missouri was added to the cast because a normal comedy relief character would have not have worked.

Chapter titles

1. Trouble in Canyon City
2. The Mystery of Ghost Town
3. Danger Walks by night
4. Hillside Horror
5. Guns in the Night
6. The Bottomless Well
7. The Man in the Gold Mask
8. When the Devil Drives
9. The Traitor's Shroud
10. Death Strikes at Seven
11. Satan in the Saddle
12. The Mine of Missing Men
13. Danger on Dome Rock
14. The Door that Has No Key
15. Empire's End

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