The Riddle Rider

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The Riddle Rider
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Lobby card for Chapter 12
Directed by William James Craft
Written by Arthur Henry Gooden
George W. Pyper
William E. Wing
Starring William Desmond
Eileen Sedgwick
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
  • November 23, 1924 (1924-11-23)
Running time
15 episodes
CountryUnited States
Languages Silent
English intertitles

The Riddle Rider is a 1924 American silent Western film serial directed by William James Craft starring William Desmond and Eileen Sedgwick. The film is considered to be lost. [1] The 1927 serial The Return of the Riddle Rider is a sequel.

Contents

Cast

Chapters

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Lobby card for Chapter 15
  1. The Canyon Torrent
  2. Crashing Doom
  3. In the Path of Death
  4. Plunged Into the Depths
  5. Race for a Fortune
  6. Sinister Shadows
  7. The Swindle
  8. The Frame-Up
  9. False Faces
  10. At the Brink of Death
  11. Thundering Steeds
  12. Trapped
  13. The Valley of Fate
  14. The Deadline
  15. The Final Reckoning

See also

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References

  1. "Progressive Silent Film List: The Riddle Rider". silentera.com. Retrieved April 22, 2009.