Riders of the Rio Grande
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / [?] 4900 or 5277? feet
Directed by J.P. McGowan
Cast: Bob Custer [Jack Beresford], Edna Aslin [Barbara Steelman], H.B. Carpenter [Dan Steelman], Kip Cooper [John Steelman], Bob Erickson [Pinto Quantrell], Martin Cichy [‘Snakey’ Smiley], Merrill McCormick [‘Tough’ Hawkins]
J.P. McGowan Productions production; distributed by Syndicate Pictures Corporation. / From a screen story by Sally Winters. Cinematography by Hap Depew. Intertitles artwork by Sally Winters. / No copyright registration. Released September 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was also released in the USA in a silent version. / Silent film, with synchronized music and sound effects.
Drama: Western.
Synopsis: [Motion Picture News Booking Guide, 15 March 1930, page 100] Quantrell and his gang hold Snowden, an engraver, forcing him to make counterfeit plates. Snakely, one of the gang, kidnaps Barbara, a rancher’s daughter, but Jack Beresford outwits the gang and wins Barbara.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 3 October 2014.
References: ClasIm-220 p. 40 : Website-AFI.
Home video: DVD.
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