''Deadwood Dick'' is a 1940 American
Western
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Serial film
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directed by
James W. Horne and starring
Don Douglas and
Lorna Gray
Virginia Pound (July 26, 1917 – April 30, 2017), known professionally as Lorna Gray and (after 1945) Adrian Booth, was an American film actress known for her comic roles, and later as a villainess. She is best known for her roles in Columb ...
. The character of Deadwood Dick was for the most part another version of "Zorro".
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Plot
Deadwood Dick, a masked and mysterious hero, is in reality Dick Stanley, editor of the Dakota Pioneer Press and a leading member of Statehood For Dakota. He is on the trail of a masked villain known as the Skull, who leads a violent, renegade band infamous for its violence against the Deadwood residents' wishes for a statehood status. Our hero soon discovers that the Skull terrorizes the town to prevent statehood from being achieved in order to build his own empire in the vast territory. However, Dick suspects that one of his fellow committeemen might be responsible for the string of criminal acts. It takes him 15 episodes and about 40 choreographed slugfests to finally uncover the truth and defeat the Skull.
Cast
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Donald Douglas as Dick Stanley - aka Deadwood Dick (as Don Douglas)
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Lorna Gray
Virginia Pound (July 26, 1917 – April 30, 2017), known professionally as Lorna Gray and (after 1945) Adrian Booth, was an American film actress known for her comic roles, and later as a villainess. She is best known for her roles in Columb ...
as Anne Butler
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Harry Harvey as Dave Miller
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Marin Sais
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as Calamity Jane
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Lane Chandler
Lane Chandler (born Robert Clinton Oakes, June 4, 1899 – September 14, 1972) was an American actor specializing mainly in Westerns.
Biography
Early life
Chandler was raised on a ranch near Culbertson, Montana, the son of a horse ra ...
as Wild Bill Hickok
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Jack Ingram
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as Buzz Ricketts - Chief Henchman
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Charles King as Tex - Henchman
hs. 1-4, 6-9* Ed Cassidy as Tennison Drew - Committeeman
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Robert Fiske as Ashton - Committeeman
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Lee Shumway
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Select ...
as Bentley - Committeeman
Chapter titles
# A Wild West Empire
# Who is the Skull?
# Pirates of the Plains
# The Skull Baits a Trap
# Win, Lose or Draw
# Buried Alive
# The Chariot of Doom
# The Secret of Number Ten
# The Fatal Warning
# Framed for Murder
# The Bucket of Death
# A Race Against Time
# The Arsenal of Revolt
# Holding the Fort
# The Deadwood Express
See also
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List of American films of 1940
A list of American films released in 1940. American film production was concentrated in Hollywood and was dominated by the eight Major film studios MGM, Paramount, Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, RKO, Columbia, Universal and United Artists. Othe ...
References
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1940 films
1940 Western (genre) films
American black-and-white films
Columbia Pictures film serials
1940s English-language films
Films directed by James W. Horne
American Western (genre) films
Cultural depictions of Wild Bill Hickok
Cultural depictions of Calamity Jane
Films with screenplays by George H. Plympton
1940s American films