Gordon of Ghost City
{{Short description|1933 film}}
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{{Infobox film
|name = Gordon of Ghost City
|image = Gordon of Ghost City FilmPoster.jpeg
|caption = Theatrical film poster
|director = Ray Taylor
|writer = Ella O'Neill
George H. Plympton
Basil Dickey
Het Mannheim
Harry O. Hoyt
|distributor = Universal Pictures
|released = {{Film date|1933}}
|runtime = 12 chapters (220 minutes)
|country = United States
|language = English
}}
Gordon of Ghost City is a 1933 Pre-Code Universal movie serial based on the novel Oh, Promise Me! by Peter B. Kyne, directed by Ray Taylor and starring Buck Jones and Madge Bellamy.{{cite book|last=Cline|first=William C.|title=In the Nick of Time|year=1984|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=0-7864-0471-X|url=https://archive.org/details/innickoftimemot00clin|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/innickoftimemot00clin/page/208 208]|chapter=Filmography}}
Plot
Buck Gordon is hired to discover who has been rustling a rancher's cattle, while simultaneously trying to protect a young girl (Madge Bellamy) and her prospector grandfather (Tom Ricketts) from having their newly discovered gold mine stolen from them by a mystery villain.
Cast
- Buck Jones as Buck Gordon
- Madge Bellamy as Mary Gray
- Walter Miller as Rance Radigan
- Tom Ricketts as Amos Gray
- William Desmond as John Mulford
- Francis Ford as The Mystery Man
- Edmund Cobb as Cowhand Scotty
- Craig Reynolds as Henchman Ed (as Hugh Enfield)
- Bud Osborne as Henchman Hank (as Bud Osbourne)
- Ethan Laidlaw as Henchman Pete
Chapter titles
Home Entertainment
On May 12, 2020, the entire serial was released on Region 1 DVD and Blu-Ray by VCI Entertainment. Universal licensed the rights and granted them access to the original 35mm elements.
See also
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0024077}}
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Category:1933 Western (genre) films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films based on American novels
Category:Films based on Western (genre) novels
Category:Universal Pictures film serials
Category:Films directed by Ray Taylor
Category:American Western (genre) films
Category:Films set in ghost towns
Category:1930s English-language films
Category:Films with screenplays by George H. Plympton
Category:English-language Western (genre) films
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