Riders of the Purple Sage (1941 film)
1941 film by James Tinling
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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.
Directed byJames Tinling
Screenplay byWilliam Bruckner
Robert F. Metzler
Robert F. Metzler
Based on
Produced bySol M. Wurtzel
| Riders of the Purple Sage | |
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| Directed by | James Tinling |
| Screenplay by | William Bruckner Robert F. Metzler |
| Based on | |
| Produced by | Sol M. Wurtzel |
| Starring | George Montgomery Mary Howard Robert Barrat |
| Cinematography | Lucien N. Andriot |
| Edited by | Nick DeMaggio |
| Music by | Cyril J. Mockridge |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox |
Release date |
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Running time | 54 minuntes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Synopsis
Jim Lassiter learns early on that his niece Fay Larkin has been cheated out of her inheritance by crooked Judge Dyer.[1]
Cast
- George Montgomery as Jim Lassiter
- Mary Howard as Jane Withersteen
- Robert Barrat as Judge Dyer
- Lynne Roberts as Bess
- Kane Richmond as Adam Dyer
- Patsy Patterson as Fay Larkin
- Richard Lane as Oldring
- Oscar O'Shea as Noah Judkins
- James Gillette as Venters
- Frank McGrath as Pete
- LeRoy Mason as Jerry Card