The Royal Mounted Rides Again (1945)

Action Western

In time-honored fashion, a couple of supporting players -- George Dolenz and Bill Kennedy -- found themselves elevated to starring roles in this minor Universal serial. They played Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers investigating the murder of a miner. The story, of course, was less important than speed and action, which directors Ray Taylor and Lewis D. Collins delivered in typical slap-dash Universal style. Starlet Daun Kennedy did not make much of an impression as the imperiled leading lady, and former star Robert Armstrong (of King Kong fame) was wasted in a subordinate role. Rondo Hatton, a non-actor whose grotesque appearance (caused by acromegaly, the so-called "Elephant Man" disease) was tastelessly exploited by Universal in the '40s, appeared as one of the outlaws.

Updated May 29 2020

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1945-10-23

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FACTS

Runtime: 221 mins Rating: 5.5 Tag Line: THE MOUNTIES GET THEIR MAN...blasting the outlaws out of the Northwest!

Cast

Robert Armstrong

Jonathan Price

George Lloyd

Kent (Gold Raider)

Tom Fadden

'Lode' MacKenzie

Milburn Stone

Gib Dickson

Bill Kennedy

Corporal J. Wayne Decker

Joseph Crehan

RCMP Sergeant Nelson

Paul E. Burns

'Latitude' Bucket

Addison Richards

Jackson Decker