The Phantom Rider (1946)

The Phantom Rider (1946)

“The Phantom Rider” is a 1946 Western film serial directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and Fred C. Brannon from a screenplay by Albert DeMond, Basil Dickey, Jesse Duffy, Lynn Perkins and Barney A. Sarecky.

Dr Jim Sterling attempts to create a police force on the Big Tree Indian Reservation. However, his efforts face sabotage, secretly directed by the apparently friendly Indian Agent Fred Carson, whose gang is currently able to rob stagecoaches wagons without opposition. In order to defeat his enemies, Sterling adopts the name and costume of the legendary “Phantom Rider”.

03:34 The Avenging Spirit
23:34 Flaming Ambush
36:56 Hoofs of Doom
50:18 Murder Masquerade
01:03:40 Flying Fury
01:17:00 Blazing Peril
01:30:19 Gauntlet of Guns
01:43:42 Behind the Mask
01:57:04 The Captive Chief
02:10:24 Beasts at Bay
02:23:46 The Death House
02:37:06 The Last Stand

Cast:

• Robert Kent – Dr Jim Sterling and The Phantom Rider
• Peggy Stewart – Doris Shannon, school teacher
• LeRoy Mason – Fred Carson, villain secretly sabotaging the reservation to maintain his interests
• George J. Lewis – Blue Feather, Sterling’s sidekick
• Kenne Duncan – Ben Brady
• Hal Taliaferro – Nugget, miner
• Chief Thundercloud – Chief Yellow Wolf
• Tom London – Ceta
• Roy Barcroft – The Marshal
• Monte Hale – Cass
• Hugh Prosser – Keeler

„The Phantom Rider“ ist eine Western-Filmreihe aus dem Jahr 1946 unter der Regie von Spencer Gordon Bennet und Fred C. Brannon nach einem Drehbuch von Albert DeMond, Basil Dickey, Jesse Duffy, Lynn Perkins und Barney A. Sarecky.

Dr. Jim Sterling versucht, im Indianerreservat Big Tree eine Polizeitruppe aufzubauen. Seine Bemühungen werden jedoch sabotiert, heimlich angeordnet von dem scheinbar freundlichen Indianeragenten Fred Carson, dessen Bande derzeit ungehindert Postkutschen überfallen kann. Um seine Feinde zu besiegen, nimmt Sterling den Namen und das Kostüm des legendären „Phantom Rider“ an.