The Royal Mounted Rides Again

The Royal Mounted Rides Again

Directed by	Lewis D. Collins Ray Taylor
Produced by	Morgan Cox
Written by	Joseph O'Donnell Tom Gibson Harold Channing Wire
Starring	George Dolenz Bill Kennedy Daun Kennedy Paul E. Burns Milburn Stone Robert Armstrong
Cinematography	Jerome Ash Charles Van Enger
Editing by	Norman A. Cerf (supervisor) Irving Birnbaum Jack Dolan Alvin Todd Edgar Zane
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	23 October 1945
Running time	13 chapters (221 min)
Country	United States
Language	English

The Royal Mounted Rides Again (1945) was a 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.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Critical reception
4 Chapter titles
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

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."^[1]

Chapter titles

Canaska [sic] Gold
The Avalanche Trap
River on Fire
Skyline Target
Murder Toboggan
Ore Car Accident
Buckboard Runaway
Thundering Water
Dead Men for Decoys
Derringer Death
Night Trail Danger
Twenty Dollar Double Cross
Flaming Showdown

_Source:^[2]

References

^ Cline, William C. (1984). "3. The Six Faces of Adventure". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc.. pp. 46. ISBN 078640471X.
^ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc.. pp. 241–242. ISBN 078640471X.

External links

Preceded by Secret Agent X-9 (1945)	Universal Serial The Royal Mounted Rides Again (1945)	Succeeded by The Scarlet Horsemen (1946)

Universal serials

Serials

Silent Serials (1914-1929)	Lucille Love, Girl of Mystery • The Master Key • The Trey o' Hearts • The Black Box • The Broken Coin • Graft • Under the Crescent • The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring • Liberty • The Mystery Ship • The Red Ace • The Gray Ghost • The Voice on the Wire • The Brass Bullet • Bull's Eye • The Lion's Claws • Lure of the Circus • The Red Glove • The Great Radium Mystery • The Lion Man • The Midnight Man • The Flaming Disc • The Moon Riders • King of the Circus • The Vanishing Dagger • The Dragon's Net • The Diamond Queen • Do or Die • The Secret Four • Terror Trail • The White Horseman • Winners of the West • The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe • In the Days of Buffalo Bill • Perils of the Yukon • The Radio King • With Stanley in Africa • Around the World in Eighteen Days • Beasts of Paradise • The Eagle's Talons • The Ghost City • In the Days of Daniel Boone • The Oregon Trail • The Phantom Fortune • The Social Buccaneer • The Steel Trail • The Fast Express • The Fighting Ranger • The Iron Man • The Riddle Rider • Wolves of the North • Ace of Spades • The Great Circus Mystery • The Scarlet Streak • Fighting with Buffalo Bill • Strings of Steel • The Winking Idol • Blake of Scotland Yard • The Fire Fighters • The Return of the Riddle Rider • The Trail of the Tiger • Whispering Smith Rides • Haunted Island • Tarzan the Mighty • The Vanishing Rider • The Diamond Master • A Final Reckoning • The Pirate of Panama

Part-sound Serials (1929-1930)	The Ace of Scotland Yard • Tarzan the Tiger • The Jade Box • The Lightning Express • Terry of the Times • The Indians Are Coming

Pre-war Sound Serials (1931-1942)	Finger Prints • Heroes of the Flames • Danger Island • Battling with Buffalo Bill • The Spell of the Circus • Detective Lloyd • The Airmail Mystery • Heroes of the West • The Jungle Mystery • The Lost Special • Clancy of the Mounted • The Phantom of the Air • Gordon of Ghost City • The Perils of Pauline • Pirate Treasure • The Vanishing Shadow • The Red Rider • Tailspin Tommy • Rustlers of Red Dog • The Call of the Savage • The Roaring West • Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery • The Adventures of Frank Merriwell • Flash Gordon • The Phantom Rider • Ace Drummond • Jungle Jim • Secret Agent X-9 • Wild West Days • Radio Patrol • Tim Tyler's Luck • Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars • Flaming Frontiers • Red Barry • Scouts to the Rescue • Buck Rogers • The Oregon Trail • The Phantom Creeps • The Green Hornet • Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe • Winners of the West • Junior G-Men • The Green Hornet Strikes Again! • Sky Raiders • Riders of Death Valley • Sea Raiders

War-time Serials (1942-1945)	Don Winslow of the Navy • Gang Busters • Junior G-Men of the Air • Overland Mail • The Adventures of Smilin' Jack • Don Winslow of the Coast Guard • Adventures of the Flying Cadets • The Great Alaskan Mystery • Raiders of Ghost City • Mystery of the River Boat • Jungle Queen • The Master Key • Secret Agent X-9

Post-war Serials (1945-1946)	The Royal Mounted Rides Again • The Scarlet Horseman • Lost City of the Jungle • The Mysterious Mr. M

See also

Film serials List of film serials • List of film serials by studio