Mark of the Avenger (1938)
Also known as The Mysterious Rider
1938 · Feature film · 74 min · dir. Lesley Selander
THE MASKED AVENGER...OF THE UNTAMED RANGE!
- Western
Synopsis
The Mysterious Rider is a 1938 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and starring Douglass Dumbrille, Sidney Toler, and Russell Hayden. Written by Maurice Geraghty based on the 1921 novel The Mysterious Rider by Zane Gray, the film is about a notorious outlaw who returns to the ranch he once owned and takes a job disguised as a ranch hand. Unrecognized by the ranch's current owner, he waits patiently for an opportunity to expose the men who murdered his partner twenty years ago,…
Synopsis from Wikipedia
Details
- Director
- Lesley Selander
- Writer
- Maurice Geraghty
- Composer
- Gerard Carbonara
- Cinematography
- Russell Harlan
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures, Harry Sherman Productions
- Released
- 1938-09-21
- Running time
- 74 minutes
Cast & crew
Lesley Selander Director
Douglass Dumbrille
Sidney Toler
Russell Hayden
Stanley Andrews
Weldon Heyburn- Charlotte Field
Monte Blue
Earl Dwire
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · A CHANGE OF HABIT · moosie4242 · 2008-12-12
THIS MOVIE FEATURES ACTORS KNOWN TO ME IN MUCH DIFFERENT ROLE THAN WHAT IS THE NORM. IT WAS GOOD TO SEE DOUGLAS DUMBRILLE FINALY GET TO PLAY A GOOD GUY AFTER SO MANY WESTERN BAD GUY ROLES. CHARLIE CHAN WITH A COWBOY HAT-WHAT A CHANGE. I ALSO KEPT LOOKING FOR HOPALONG CASIDY TO RIDE UP AT ANY MOMENT. NOT A REAL DEEP MOVIE BY ANY MEANS BUT WELL WORTH WATCHING. A GREAT WAY TO SPEND A WINTERS AFTERNOON.
★★★★ · Douglas Dumbrille - Film AKA "The Mystery Rider" · Poohbah70 · 2019-12-02
Superior western, with a superior, complicated and somewhat deeply emotional plot, comes to life through the work of superior actors and direction by Lesley Selander, as described in his IMDb bio: "He directed his first feature in 1936, a western--a genre in which he would not only excel but one where he would spend much of the rest of his career. Although Selander couldn't be considered an "A"-list director, his films had a professionalism and a verve that many of those made by his fellow B directors lacked. His sense of pacing was such that his films could be counted on to move quickly and…
★★ · How long is this movie anyway? · jimelena · 2006-05-24
Zane Grey story The Mysterious Rider was revised Paramount Pictures in 1938. Pecos Bill chances arrest by returning to his home town to visit his. He discovers that Collie is about to enter into a loveless marriage. Seems like a long movie.
