The Royal Mounted Rides Again (1945) [N/A]
Featuring:
George Dolenz, Bill Kennedy, Daun Kennedy
Written by:
Joseph O'Donnell
Tom Gibson
Harold Channing Wire
Directed by:
Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor
Release Date:
October 23, 1945
Original Title:
The Royal Mounted Rides Again
Genres:
Action | Western
Production Companies:
Universal Pictures
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 221
THE MOUNTIES GET THEIR MAN...blasting the outlaws out of the Northwest!
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.
Mine owner Jackson Decker orders his manager to obtain Tom Bailey's milling machinery no matter what the cost. When Bailey is found murdered, suspicion naturally falls upon the mine owner and his son, a Canadian Mountie, is ordered to find the real culprit. He joins forces with a French-Canadian constable, Bailey's beautiful daughter and a phony palm reader to learn the truth and discovers a secret gold mine, a double-crossing casino owner and a forger at the bottom of the conspiracy.
