RIP ROARING RILEY (1935) Lloyd Hughes, Marion Burns & Grant Withers | Action, Crime, Drama | B&W

Rip Roaring Riley is a 1935 American action film directed by Elmer Clifton and starring Elmer Clifton and starring Lloyd Hughes, Marion Burns and Grant Withers.Show more

SYNOPSIS
A federal agent manages to crash land on Diamond Island, where the government suspects that Major Gray is developing a new poison gas, by forcing Professor Baker and his daughter Anne to work for him.

G-Man Ted Riley (Lloyd Hughes ) is ordered to investigate happenings at Diamond Island, where a bogus Major Gray (Grant Withers) is reported engaged in manufacturing a new brand of secret gas for his own purposes. Riley blows up his motor boat just off the island and is picked up by Gray's men. On the island he discovers chemist Professor Baker (John Cowell) and his daughter, Anne (Marion Burns), are held captive by Major Gray.

CAST & CREW
Lloyd Hughes as Ted 'Rip-Roaring' Riley
Marion Burns as Anne Baker
Grant Withers as Major Gray
John Cowell as Professor Baker
Paul Ellis as Franko
Eddie Gribbon as Sparko
Kit Guard as Bruno
Joe Hirakawa as Lun
Wilfred Lucas as Police Chief

Directed by Elmer Clifton
Written by Homer King Gordon, George Jeske
Produced by C.C. Burr
Cinematography Irvin Akers
Edited by Tony Martinelli
Production company C.C. Burr Productions
Distributed by Puritan Pictures
Release date October 24, 1935
Running time 55 minutes
Country United States
Language English

NOTES
The film's sets were designed by the art director Vin Taylor. A second feature, it was released in America by Puritan Pictures and in Britain by Pathé Pictures under the alternative title The Mystery of Diamond Island.