''The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen'' is a 1937 American

Western Western may refer to: Places *Western, Nebraska, a village in the US *Western, New York, a town in the US *Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western world, countries that id ...

film directed by Ray Taylor. It was singing cowboy

Tex Ritter Woodward Maurice Ritter (January 12, 1905 – January 2, 1974) was a pioneer of American country music, a popular singer and actor from the mid-1930s into the 1960s, and the patriarch of the Ritter acting family (son John, grandsons Jason and ...

's eighth film for

Grand National Pictures Grand National Films, Inc (or Grand National Pictures, Grand National Productions and Grand National Film Distributing Co.) was an American Poverty Row motion picture production-distribution company in operation from 1936 to 1939. The company ha ...

. While the film had an original copyright notice, its copyright was not renewed, so it has entered the public domain.

Plot

Tex and Stubby keep their promise to a dying friend by helping his partner hold on to his gold mine, and to avenge his death by taking on and wiping out a horde of masked riders.

Cast

as Tex Martin *White Flash as Tex's horse *

Iris Meredith Iris Meredith (born Iris Shunn; June 3, 1915 – January 22, 1980) was a B-movie actress of the 1930s and 1940s film era. She starred mostly in heroine roles, in westerns. Early years Meredith was born in Sioux City, Iowa, but grew up in ...

as Nancy Wilson *

Horace Murphy Horace Murphy (June 3, 1880 – January 20, 1975) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1931 and 1953. Early years Born in Osceola, Arkansas, Murphy was playing cornet by age 11, and six years later led the ...

as Stubby * Charles King as Blackie Devlin *

Earl Dwire Earl Dwire (October 3, 1883 – January 16, 1940), born Earl Dean Dwire, was an American character actor who appeared in more than 150 movies between 1921 and his death in 1940. Dwire acted for three years in stock theater with companies i ...

as Sheriff Walker *

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 Norton * Joseph W. Girard as Dan Farley * Lafe McKee as Tom Wilson *

Hank Worden Hank Worden (born Norton Earl Worden; July 23, 1901 – December 6, 1992) was an American cowboy-turned-character actor who appeared in many Westerns, including many John Ford films such as '' The Searchers'' and the TV series '' The Lone ...

as Deputy * Ray Whitley as Band Leader *The Range Ramblers as Saloon musicians

Soundtrack

*Tex Ritter - "Ride, Ride, Ride" (Written by Fred Rose and Michael David) *Tex Ritter - "I'm a Texas Cowboy" *Tex Ritter - "Ride Around Little Dogies" *Tex Ritter - "Rosita" *Tex Ritter - "A'Ridin' Old Paint"

References

External links

* * 1937 films Grand National Films films American black-and-white films 1937 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films Films directed by Ray Taylor 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-Western-film-stub