Daredevils of the West

Daredevils of the West (1943)

RENEGADE INDIANS...STRIKE FROM AMBUSH AGAINST THESE FEARLESS TRAILBLAZING WESTERN PIONEERS!

A gang of land-grabbers tries to prevent safe passage of the Foster Stage Company through frontier territory.

Date of release
1943-05-01
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
3h 16m
Genres
Action, Drama, Western
Director
John English

Casting

Interesting facts

Daredevils of the West is an American Western movie serial consisting of 12 chapters, released by Republic Pictures in 1943 starring Allan Lane and Kay Aldridge. The plot involves a gang of land-grabbers who try to prevent safe passage of the Foster Stage Company through frontier territory. There are similarities of style with other Republic serials released during wartime, such as King of the Mounties and The Masked Marvel.

Production

Daredevils of the West was budgeted at $140,550, although the final negative cost was $167,003 (a $26,453, or 18.8%, overspend). It was the cheapest Republic serial of 1943.

It was filmed between 9 January and 13 February 1943. The serial's production number was 1199.

Kay Aldridge and Allan Lane were billed as "their Majesties, the King and Queen of Serials".

Tom Steele as Duke Cameron (doubling Lane)

Babe DeFreest as June Foster (doubling Aldridge)

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