Daredevils of the West (1939)

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Veteran character star Charles B. Middleton ("Ming the Merciless") escapes from a penitentiary after 15 years of imprisonment swearing vengeance on his former partner (Miles Mander) in this action adventure serial efficiently directed by the team of William Witney and John English. Kidnapping his… More Veteran character star Charles B. Middleton ("Ming the Merciless") escapes from a penitentiary after 15 years of imprisonment swearing vengeance on his former partner (Miles Mander) in this action adventure serial efficiently directed by the team of William Witney and John English. Kidnapping his former partner, Granville (Mander), Prisoner 39013 (Middleton) assumes the man's identity and sets out to destroy his various enterprises. At one of these, the Granville Amusement Pier, three athletes known as The Daredevils of the Red Circle swear vengeance when Prisoner 39013 blows up the pier, thereby killing the kid brother (Robert Winkler) of one of them. They align themselves with Granville's granddaughter (Carole Landis) and with a mysterious benefactor known only as The Red Circle. After 12 exciting chapters, the heroes finally destroy Prisoner 39013, leaving Gene Townley (Charles Quigley) and Miss Granville to plan their future together. A typically well-made Republic cliffhanger, Daredevils of the Red Circle starred not one but three heroes: Quigley, a former Columbia contract player, Herman Brix, who later changed his name to Bruce Bennett and enjoyed a modest leading man career at Warners, and stunt-man David Sharpe. Just starting out in films, leading lady Carole Landis was picked by none other than D.W. Griffith to star in One Million B.C. (1940), which earned her a studio contract with 20th Century Fox. Better known for her off-screen escapades, Landis, sadly, committed suicide in 1948. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 3 hr. 16 min.
Directed By: John English
Genres: Western, Action & Adventure

Critic Reviews

Bob Bloom, Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
From start to finish, the chapters roll by offering fans of the genre chases, explosions, gun battles, fistfights and well-done cliffhangers.

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Cast

            Charles Quigley as Gene

            David Sharpe as Burt

            Carole Landis as Blanche

            Miles Mander as Granville (prisoner)

            Charles B. Middleton as Granville (39013)

            Ben Taggart as Dixon

            Raymond Bailey as Klein

            George Cheseboro as Sheffield

            Ray Miller as Jeff

            Robert Winkler as Sammy

            Eddie Acuff as Red Kelly

            Ted Adams as Silas Higby

            Kay Aldridge as June Foster

            Stanley Andrews as Colonel Andrews

            Herman Brix as Tiny

            Budd Buster as Brady

            Chief Thundercloud as Indian chief

            Kenne Duncan as Hooker

            Robert W. Frazer as Martin Dexter

            William Haade as Barton Ward

            John Hamilton as Senator Garfield

            Kenneth Harlan as Commissioner

            Allan Lane as Duje Cameron

            Rex Lease as Jack

            George J. Lewis as Turner

            Tom London
            
            Jack Rockwell as Sheriff Watson

            C. Montague Shaw as Dr. Malcolm

            Fred 'Snowflake' Toones as Snowflake

            Charles Miller as Foster

            Robert Frazer
            
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