The Royal Mounted Rides Again

The Royal Mounted Rides Again

THE MOUNTIES GET THEIR MAN...blasting the outlaws out of the Northwest!

1945 · 221 min · ★ 7.2 · 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.

Directed by Ray Taylor · Written by Harold Channing Wire

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Bill Kennedy Corporal J. Wayne Decker
Daun Kennedy June Bailey
George Dolenz Constable 'Frenchy' Moselle
Milburn Stone Brad Taggart
Robert Armstrong Jonathan Price
Rondo Hatton Bull Andrews
Paul E. Burns 'Latitude' Bucket
Danny Morton Eddie 'Dancer' Clare, Price's Card Dealer
Addison Richards Jackson Decker
Tom Fadden 'Lode' MacKenzie
Joe Haworth Bunker (Chief Gold Raider) (as Joseph Haworth)
Helen Bennett Dillie Clark aka Madame Mysterioso

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