Deadwood Dick (serial)
Not to be confused with the nineteenth century dime novel hero, Deadwood Dick
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| Directed by | James W. Horne |
| Written by | Wyndham Gittens Morgan B. Cox George H. Plympton John Cutting Screenplay and history |
| Produced by | Larry Darmour |
| Starring | Don Douglas Lorna Gray Harry Harvey Marin Sais |
| Cinematography | James S. Brown Jr. Black and white |
| Edited by | Dwight Caldwell Earl Turner |
| Music by | Lee Zahler |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 15 chapters 285 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Deadwood Dick (1940) was the 11th serial released by Columbia Pictures.
Plot
Deadwood Dick, a masked and mysterious hero, is in reality Dick Stanley, editor of the Dakota Pioneer Press and a leading member of Statehood For Dakota. He is on the trail of a masked villain known as the Skull, who leads a violent, renegade band infamous for its violence against the Deadwood residents' wishes for a statehood status. Our hero soon discovers that the Skull terrorizes the town to prevent statehood from being achieved in order to build his own empire in the vast territory. However, Dick suspects that one of his fellow committeemen might be responsible for the string of criminal acts. It takes him 15 episodes and about 40 choreographed slugfests to finally uncover the truth and reward the Skull's villainy with an exemplary punishment.
Cast
| Don Douglas | Dick Stanley/Deadwood Dick |
| Lorna Gray | Anne Butler |
| Harry Harvey | Dave Miller, Stanley's assistant |
| Marin Sais | Calamity Jane |
| Lane Chandler | Wild Bill Hickok |
| Jack Ingram | Buzz Ricketts, Chief henchman |
| Charles King | Tex, henchman |
| Ed Cassidy | Committeeman Tennison Drew |
| Robert Fiske | Committeeman Ashton |
| Lee Shumway | Committeeman Bentley |
| Roy Barcroft | Marshal Jim Bridges' imposter |
| Yakima Canutt | Henchman |
| Horace B. Carpenter | Older Townsman |
| Edmund Cobb | Committeeman Steele |
| Jim Corey | Steve, henchman |
| Kenne Duncan | 'Two-Gun', henchman |
| Al Ferguson | Mike, henchman |
| Fern Emmett | Miranda, henchman |
| Franklyn Farnum | Clayton, henchman |
| Helen Gibson | Townswoman |
| Joseph W. Girard | Government Referee |
| Chuck Hamilton | Henchman |
| Edward Hearn | Committeeman Tom Sharp |
| Fred Kelsey | Bottles, bartender |
| Eddie Laughton | Henchman |
| Tom London | Jake, henchman |
| Murdock MacQuarrie | Kenyon |
| Arthur Millett | Judge |
| Bud Osborne | Strong, stage driver |
| Edward Peil Sr. | Committeeman Sears |
| Forrest Taylor | The Skull (when in costume only) |
| Blackie Whiteford | Henchman |
Chapter titles
- A Wild West Empire
- Who is the Skull?
- Pirates of the Plains
- The Skull Baits a Trap
- Win, Lose or Draw
- Buried Alive
- The Chariot of Doom
- The Secret of Number Ten
- The Fatal Warning
- Framed for Murder
- The Bucket of Death
- A Race Against Time
- The Arsenal of Revolt
- Holding the Fort
- The Deadwood Express