Riders of the Purple Sage (1941 film)
Riders of the Purple Sage is a 1941 film based on the Western 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.
| Riders of the Purple Sage | |
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| Directed by | James Tinling |
| Produced by | Sol M. Wurtzel |
| Screenplay by | William Bruckner Robert F. Metzler |
| Based on | Riders of the Purple Sage 1912 novel by Zane Grey |
| Starring | George Montgomery Mary Howard Robert Barrat |
| Music by | Cyril J. Mockridge |
| Cinematography | Lucien N. Andriot |
| Edited by | Nick DeMaggio |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 54 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Premise
Jim Lassiter (George Montgomery) learns early on that his niece Fay Larkin (Patty Patterson) has been cheated out of her inheritance by crooked Judge Dyer (Robert Barrat).[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
Other films based on novel
External links
- Riders of the Purple Sage on IMDb
- Riders of the Purple Sage at the TCM Movie Database
- Riders of the Purple Sage at AllMovie
- Riders of the Purple Sage at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Riders of the Purple Sage in TV Guide
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