''Perils of the Royal Mounted'' is a 1942 American Northern film. It was the 18th serial released by

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. It starred Robert Kellard (aka Robert Stevens) as the hero, Sgt. Mack MacLane of the Royal Mounties, and Kenneth MacDonald as Mort Ramsome, the head villain. It also co-starred Nell O'Day, Iron Eyes Cody, Kermit Maynard and I. Stanford Jolley.

Plot

The trading post of Sitkawan, Canada is taken by surprise when an Indian tribe attacks and massacres the settlers aboard a fur-bearing wagon train. Sergeant MacLane of the

Royal Canadian Mounted Police The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP; french: Gendarmerie royale du Canada; french: GRC, label=none), commonly known in English as the Mounties (and colloquially in French as ) is the federal police, federal and national police service of ...

is assigned to investigate the case. MacLane soon realises that the attackers were led by Mort Ransome, a nasty renegade, who had been conspiring with Black Bear, medicine man of the tribe, to incite the heretofore friendly Indians for his own gain. He also learns that two white renegades have kidnapped Diana Blake, daughter of the local post factor, and saves her from a runaway wagon just before it plunges over a cliff. ''Perils of the Royal Mounted'' also features stereotypically Northern genre elements including fur trappers, lumberjacks, trading posts, rebellious Indian braves, forest fires, avalanches, and a wide range of dangerous wildlife.

Cast

Robert Kellard Robert Kellard, aka Robert Stevens (April 23, 1915 – January 13, 1981), was an American actor who appeared in over 60 films between 1937 and 1951. Early years Kellard was born Robert Dorsey Kellard April 23, 1915, in Los Angeles, California. H ...

as Sgt. Mack MacLane RCMP (as Robert Stevens) * Kenneth MacDonald as Mort Ransome *

Herbert Rawlinson Herbert Banemann Rawlinson (15 November 1885 – 12 July 1953) was an English-born stage, film, radio, and television actor. A leading man during Hollywood's silent film era, Rawlinson transitioned to character roles after the advent of sound f ...

as Richard Winton * Nell O'Day as Diane Blake * John Elliott as Factor J. L. Blake * Nick Thompson as Black Bear - Indian Medicine Man * Art Miles as Chief Flying Cloud *

Richard Fiske Thomas Richard Potts (November 20, 1915 – August 10, 1944), known professionally as Richard Fiske, was an American film actor. He appeared in over 80 films between 1938 and 1942. Career Born Thomas Richard Potts, Fiske was born to Frank a ...

as Constable Brady *

Rick Vallin Rick Vallin (born Eric Efron; September 24, 1919 – August 31, 1977) was an actor who appeared in more than 150 films between 1938 and 1966. Early years Born in Feodosia, in the Crimea, Russia, Vallin came to the United States at age there ...

as Little Wolf (as Richard Vallin) *

Forrest Taylor Edwin Forrest Taylor (December 29, 1883 – February 19, 1965) was an American character actor whose artistic career spanned six different decades, from silents through talkies to the advent of color films. Early years Taylor was born in B ...

as Preacher Hinsdale *

Kermit Maynard Kermit Maynard (September 20, 1897 – January 16, 1971) was an American actor and stuntman. Early years Born in Vevay, Indiana, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Maynard and a lookalike younger brother of actor Ken Maynard; they were f ...

as Constable Collins *

George Chesebro George Newell Chesebro (July 29, 1888 – May 28, 1959) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 400 films between 1915 and 1954. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and died in Los Angeles, California. Partial filmography * '' M ...

as Gaspard - Henchman *

Jack Ingram Jack Owen Ingram (born November 15, 1970) is an American country music artist formerly signed to Big Machine Records, an independent record label. He has released eleven studio albums, one extended play, six live albums, and 19 singles. Although ...

as Baptiste - Henchman

Chapter titles

# The Totum icTalks # The Night Raiders # The Water God's Revenge # Beware, the Vigilantes # The Masked Mountie # Underwater Gold # Bridge to the Sky # Lost in the Mine # Into the Trap # Betrayed by Law # Blazing Beacons # The Mounties' Last Chance # Painted White Man # Burned at the Stake # The Mountie Gets His Man ''_SOURCE:''

Other versions

*This serial was released in Latin America in March 1943, under the title ''Los Valientes de la Guardia'', in English with Spanish subtitles.

References

External links

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Cinefania.com
{{James W. Horne 1942 films American black-and-white films 1940s English-language films Northern (genre) films Columbia Pictures film serials Films directed by James W. Horne Royal Canadian Mounted Police in fiction American Western (genre) films 1942 Western (genre) films 1940s American films