Adventures of Red Ryder (1940)

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The Adventures of Red Ryder (1940) is a 12-chapter Republic movie serial starring Don "Red" Barry and Noah Beery, Sr. based on the Western comic strip Red Ryder. It was directed by William Witney and John English. This serial was the 18th of the 66 serials produced by Republic. Westerns made up a third of all serials produced by the studio.

Original Release

06/28/1940

US Release

06/28/1940

Links

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Cast

Name	Character

Noah Beery	Ace Hanlon
Augie Gomez	Henchman Breed / Henchman Breed [Chs. 2, 6, 8]
Duke Green	Saloon Janitor / Saloon Janitor [Ch. 10]
Hooper Atchley	Commissioner Treadway [Chs. 11-12] / Commissioner Treadway
Chick Hannan	Water Hole Poisoner / Water Hole Poisoner [Ch. 4]
Tommy Cook	Little Beaver
Maude Allen	Duchess Ryder
Vivian Austin	Beth Andrews
Harry Worth	Calvin Drake
Hal Taliaferro	Cherokee Sims

(see additional cast & crew)

Directors

John English, William Witney

Writers

Franklin Adreon, Ronald Davidson, Norman S. Hall, Barney A. Sarecky, Sol Shor, Fred Harman

Cast

Name	Character

Noah Beery	Ace Hanlon
Augie Gomez	Henchman Breed / Henchman Breed [Chs. 2, 6, 8]
Duke Green	Saloon Janitor / Saloon Janitor [Ch. 10]
Hooper Atchley	Commissioner Treadway [Chs. 11-12] / Commissioner Treadway
Chick Hannan	Water Hole Poisoner / Water Hole Poisoner [Ch. 4]
Tommy Cook	Little Beaver
Maude Allen	Duchess Ryder
Vivian Austin	Beth Andrews
Harry Worth	Calvin Drake
Hal Taliaferro	Cherokee Sims
William Farnum	Col. Tom Ryder [Ch. 1] / Colonel Tom Ryder
Bob Kortman	One-Eye Chapin
Carleton Young	Sheriff Dade
Ray Teal	Shark - Henchman [Chs. 1-2] / Shark
Gene Alsace	Deputy Lawson
Gayne Whitman	Harrison
John Dilson	Hale - Railroad Official [Ch. 1] / Hale
Lloyd Ingraham	Sheriff Luke Andrews [Ch. 1] / Sheriff Luke Andrews
Charles Hutchison	Brown - Rancher [Ch. 6] / Rancher Brown
Gardner James	H.S. Barnett [Ch. 1] / H.S. Barnett