''The Devil Horse'' is a 1932 American

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starring

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Frankie Darro Frankie Darro (born Frank Johnson, Jr.; December 22, 1917 – December 25, 1976) was an American actor and later in his career a stuntman. He began his career as a child actor in silent films, progressed to lead roles and co-starring roles ...

and

Noah Beery, Sr. Noah Nicholas Beery (January 17, 1882 – April 1, 1946) was an American actor who appeared in films from 1913 until his death in 1946. He was the older brother of Academy Award-winning actor Wallace Beery as well as the father of prominen ...

that was distributed by

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. This is regarded as the best of the three serials Harry Carey made in the early 1930s, the other two being ''

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'' and ''

The Vanishing Legion ''The Vanishing Legion'' is a 1931 American pre-Code Western (genre), Western film serial from Mascot Pictures, Mascot, directed by Ford Beebe and B. Reeves Eason. Stars Harry Carey (actor born 1878), Harry Carey and Edwina Booth were originall ...

''. Frankie Darro had co-starred with Carey previously in ''The Vanishing Legion''.

Lane Chandler Lane Chandler (born Robert Clinton Oakes, June 4, 1899 – September 14, 1972) was an American actor specializing mainly in Western (genre), Westerns. Biography Early life Chandler was raised on a ranch near Culbertson, Montana, the so ...

played the murdered ranger Elliott Norton, uncredited.

Plot

Hank Canfield (Noah Beery), leader of a gang of horse thieves, attempts to steal a wild racehorse called El Diablo. The crooks bungle the job, but in making their escape, they kill a Ranger named Elliott Norton (Lane Chandler). The ranger's older brother Bob (Harry Carey) sets out to bring his brother's killers to justice, not realizing the apparently respectable Canfield is the guilty party. A young mute orphan referred to as the Wild Boy (Frankie Darro) is the only one in town who knows who the killer is, and Bob Norton attempts to communicate with the child to draw the secret out of him. Meanwhile, the horse thieves make further attempts to kidnap the prized racehorse.

Cast

as Bob Norton, aka Roberts *

as Canfield *

as The Wild Boy *

Greta Granstedt Greta Granstedt (born Irene Louise Granstedt; July 13, 1907 – October 7, 1987) was an American film and television actress. Early life Irene "Greta" Granstedt was the second child of Theodore and Emma Granstedt, born in Scandia, Kansas. ...

as Linda Weston *Barrie O'Daniels as Lee Weston * Edward Peil Sr. as The Sheriff *

Jack Mower Jack Mower (September 5, 1890 – January 6, 1965) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 520 films between 1914 and 1965. He was born in Honolulu and died in Hollywood. After studying at Punahou College, in Honolulu, Mower move ...

as Mark Adams *

Al Bridge Alfred Morton Bridge (February 26, 1891 – December 27, 1957) was an American character actor who played mostly small roles in over 270 films between 1931 and 1954. Bridge's persona was an unpleasant, gravel-voiced man with an untidy mous ...

as Curley Bates *

Lew Kelly Lew Kelly (August 24, 1879 – June 10, 1944) was an American stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1928 and 1944. He was born Louis Kelly in St. Louis, Missouri, and died in Los Angeles, California. Selected f ...

as The father *

as Elliott Norton (uncredited) * Apache, King of the Wild Horses as "El Diablo"

Release

Home media

''The Devil Horse'' was released on DVD by

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on June 24, 2008. All 12 chapters are on one disc.

Chapter titles

# Untamed # Chasm of Death # Doom Riders # Vigilante Law # The Silent Call # Heart of the Mystery # Battle of the Strong # The Missing Witness # The Showdown # The Death Trap # Wild Loyalty # The Double Decoy _Source:

References

External links

* 1932 films 1930s English-language films 1932 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Mascot Pictures film serials Films directed by Otto Brower American Western (genre) films Films produced by Nat Levine Films with screenplays by George H. Plympton 1930s American films {{1930s-Western-film-stub