Riders of the Purple Sage (1941 film)

{{short description|1941 film by James Tinling}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Riders of the Purple Sage

| image = File:Riders of the Purple Sage (1941 film).jpg

| caption =

| director = James Tinling

| producer = Sol M. Wurtzel

| based_on = {{based on|Riders of the Purple Sage
1912 novel|Zane Grey}}

| writer =

| screenplay = William Bruckner
Robert F. Metzler

| starring = George Montgomery
Mary Howard
Robert Barrat

| music = Cyril J. Mockridge

| cinematography = Lucien N. Andriot

| editing = Nick DeMaggio

| studio = Twentieth Century Fox

| distributor = Twentieth Century Fox

| released = {{Film date|1941|10|10}}

| runtime = 54 minuntes

| country = United States

| language = English

}}

Riders of the Purple Sage is a 1941 American western film based on the 1912 novel by Zane Grey, directed by James Tinling, and starring George Montgomery as Lassiter and Mary Howard as Jane Withersteen. The picture is the fourth of five screen adaptations of Grey's novel produced across an eight-decade span.

Synopsis

Jim Lassiter learns early on that his niece Fay Larkin has been cheated out of her inheritance by crooked Judge Dyer.{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/riders-of-the-purple-sage-v107889|title=Riders of the Purple Sage (1941) - James Tinling | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie}}

Cast

Other films based on novel

References

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