DEVIL RIDERS (1943) Buster Crabbe, Falcon & Al St. John | Western | Colorized | Golden Age Film

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Devil Riders is a 1943 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield. It was the first film in Producers Releasing Corporation's Billy the Kid film series where Crabbe changed his name to "Billy Carson".

Synopsis

Billy and Fuzzy are in charge of the local branch of the Pony Express. When a stagecoach line comes to town the Pony Express retains the weekly mail delivery contract whilst the stagecoach line takes freight and passengers. When the stagecoach line decides to do a daily mail service Billy and Fuzzy initially welcome the competition. However, two scheming businessman feel the stagecoach line would threaten their wealth and they plot to have the Pony Express and stagecoach line fight each other by each blaming the other for the sabotage done by the henchmen of the businessmen.

Cast & Crew

Buster Crabbe as Billy Carson
Al St. John as Fuzzy Q. Jones
Patti McCarty as Sally Farrell
Charles King as Del Stone
John Merton as Jim Higgins
Kermit Maynard as Henchman Red
Frank LaRue as Tom Farrell
Jack Ingram as Henchman Turner
George Chesebro as Curley

Directed by: Sam Newfield
Written by: Joseph O'Donnell
Produced by: Sigmund Neufeld
Cinematography: Robert E. Cline
Edited by: Robert O. Crandall
Distributed by: Producers Releasing Corporation
Release Date: November 5, 1943
Running Time: 56 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English