''Death Rides the Range'' is a 1939 American Western film directed by

Sam Newfield Sam Newfield, born Samuel Neufeld, (December 6, 1899 - November 10, 1964), also known as Sherman Scott or Peter Stewart, was an American B-movie Film director, director, one of the most prolific in American film history—he is credited with d ...

. It was a Colony Pictures film.

Plot

A group of international scientists are after helium used for airships of a foreign power. FBI Special Agent Ken Baxter, "from nowhere and going the same place" and his sidekicks Pancho and Panhandle stop them.

Cast

Ken Maynard Kenneth Olin Maynard (July 21, 1895 – March 23, 1973) was an American actor and producer. He was mostly active from the 1920s to the 1940s and considered one of the biggest Western stars in Hollywood. Maynard was also an occasional screenwrit ...

as Ken Baxter *

Fay McKenzie Eunice Fay McKenzie (February 19, 1918 – April 16, 2019) was an American actress and singer. She starred in silent films as a child, and then sound films as an adult, but perhaps she is best known for her leading roles opposite Gene Autry ...

as Letty Morgan * Ralph Peters as Panhandle *

Julian Rivero Julian Rivero (July 25, 1890 – February 24, 1976) was an American actor whose career spanned seven decades. He made his film debut in the 1923 silent melodrama, ''The Bright Shawl'', which starred Richard Barthelmess, Dorothy Gish, William Powe ...

as Pancho * Charles King as Joe Larkin * John Elliott as Hiram Crabtree *

Willy Castello Willy or Willie is a masculine, male given name, often a diminutive form of William or Wilhelm, and occasionally a nickname. It may refer to: People Given name or nickname * Willie Aames (born 1960), American actor, television director, and scree ...

as Dr. Flotow *

Sven Hugo Borg Sven Hugo Borg (July 26, 1896 - February 19, 1981) was a Swedish-American character actor. Biography Sven Hugo Borg was born in Vinslöv, Skåne län, Sweden. Early in his career, Borg was a secretary with the Swedish Consulate in Los Angeles. W ...

as Baron Strakoff *

Michael Vallon Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and ...

as Dr. Wahl * Julian Madison as Jim Morgan * Kenneth Rhodes as Slim *Tarzan as Tarzan, Ken's Horse

Soundtrack

* Kenneth Rhodes - "Get Along My Pal" (Written by Colin MacDonald)

References

External links

* * 1939 films American Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Films directed by Sam Newfield 1939 Western (genre) films Films about the Federal Bureau of Investigation 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-Western-film-stub