Daredevils of the West
1943 film by John English
Daredevils of the West is a 1943 movie serial that is a lightning fast-paced, Western cliffhanger consisting of 12 chapters. The plot involves a gang of land-grabbers who try to prevent safe passage of the Foster Stage Company through frontier territory, but the story of the serial is merely a framework for the setup of numerous elaborate stunt action sequences, cliff-hanging perils, and fiery deathtraps, which the hero and heroine must fight to survive.
- Directed by John English. Written by Ronald Davidson.
Dialogue edit
- June Foster: Is everything loaded, Red?
- Red Kelly: That's the last of 'em, Miss June. When you're ready, we'll be headed back for the camp.
- June Foster: I have to wait for the stage from Pine Junction. It's bringing in some mail for Father.
- Red Kelly: And here it comes, right on the minute! That's the Foster Stage Company for you.
- Sheriff Watson: You can't go into Red Gulch! That's outlaw country. They'll shoot you on sight.
- Red Kelly: We can shoot, too.
- T.M. Sawyer: You don't suspect Higby, do you?
- Duke Cameron: It isn't what I suspect, but what I can prove that counts.
- Martin Dexter: The minute I got your letter, I decided to finish Foster and his stage line - once and for all.
- Silas Higby: I know of no legal means you can take.
- Martin Dexter: You can forget legal means. There is no law on the Comanche Strip - nothing but outlaws and Indians. That's why I can play the game my own way. And it's a big game, Higby - 500,000 acres of the finest grazing land in the entire West. That land is going to belong to me - not a bunch of tinhorn settlers following a stage road.
- [Ward and his gang have captured June Foster and Red Kelly]
- Barton Ward: Tie 'em up. Now the Foster stage line is going to make it's last run - over a cliff.
- Turner: What shall we do with these two?
- Barton Ward: Put 'em inside!
- Duke Cameron: Well, June, you did it.
- June Foster: You mean we did it.
Taglines edit
- Ride to the thrill of your life with these famous western pioneers!
- RENEGADE INDIANS...STRIKE FROM AMBUSH AGAINST THESE FEARLESS TRAILBLAZING WESTERN PIONEERS!
- THE OLD WEST SPRINGS TO LIFE ON THE SCREEN!
- Thrill To the Exciting Adventures of America's Pioneer Heroes!
- A Serial Story Studded With Stirring Action And Dangerous Adventures!
Cast edit
- Allan Lane — Duke Cameron
- Kay Aldridge — June Foster
- Eddie Acuff — Red Kelly
- William Haade — Barton Ward
- Robert Frazer — Martin Dexter
- Ted Adams — Silas Higby
- George J. Lewis — Turner
- Charles F. Miller — Foster
External links edit
- Daredevils of the West quotes at the Internet Movie Database