The Royal Mounted Rides Again
23/10/1945
In time-honored fashion, a couple of supporting players -- George Dolenz and Bill Kennedy -- found themselves elevated to starring roles in this minor Universal serial. They played Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers investigating the murder of a miner. The story, of course, was less important than speed and action, which directors Ray Taylor and Lewis D. Collins delivered in typical slap-dash Universal style. Starlet Daun Kennedy did not make much of an impression as the imperiled leading lady, and former star Robert Armstrong (of King Kong fame) was wasted in a subordinate role. Rondo Hatton, a non-actor whose grotesque appearance (caused by acromegaly, the so-called "Elephant Man" disease) was tastelessly exploited by Universal in the '40s, appeared as one of the outlaws.
Movie Information
Bill Kennedy
as Corporal J. Wayne Decker
Daun Kennedy
as June Bailey
George Dolenz
as Constable 'Frenchy' Moselle
Milburn Stone
as Brad Taggart
Robert Armstrong
as Jonathan Price
Rondo Hatton
as Bull Andrews
Paul E. Burns
as 'Latitude' Bucket
Danny Morton
as Eddie 'Dancer' Clare, Price's Card Dealer
Addison Richards
as Jackson Decker
Tom Fadden
as 'Lode' MacKenzie
Joe Haworth
as Bunker (Chief Gold Raider) (as Joseph Haworth)
Helen Bennett
as Dillie Clark aka Madame Mysterioso
Joseph Crehan
as RCMP Sergeant Nelson
Selmer Jackson
as RCMP Superintendant MacDonald
Daral Hudson
as RCMP Sergeant Ladue
George Lloyd
as Kent (Gold Raider)
