The Galloping Ghost (1931)
A gambling ring run out of the Mogul Taxi company is intent on fixing college football games. Football star Harold "Red" Grange is a target for the gamblers, whose thugs try to eliminate Grange from playing. Grange's buddy Buddy is himself vulnerable to blackmail, since he has broken team rules by marrying. The crooks use all their wiles to keep Grange and Buddy from leading their team to victory.
Directors:
B. Reeves Eason, Armand Schaefer.
Writers:
Helmer Walton Bergman, Ford Beebe, Wyndham Gittens.
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Harold 'Red' Grange as 'Red' Grange |
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Dorothy Gulliver as Barbara Courtland |
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Tom Dugan as Jerry |
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Gwen Lee as Irene Courtland |
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Francis X. Bushman as 'Buddy' Courtland |
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Theodore Lorch as The Crippled Stranger |
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Walter Miller as George Elton |
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Edward Hearn as Clay College Coach Harlow |
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Ernie Adams as Brady |
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Tom London as Mullins |
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Frank Brownlee as Tom |
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Edward Peil Sr. as Coach of Baxter Team |
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Joseph P. Mack as Lefty |
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Stepin Fetchit as Baxter College Locker Room Attendant |
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Dick Dickinson as Mogul Taxi Clerk - Bribed Foorball Player Byrns |
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Wilfred Lucas as Sportscaster |
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Yakima Canutt as Henchman |
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Lon Chaney Jr. as Henchman |
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Lafe McKee as Narrator / Police Broadcaster |
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Fred 'Snowflake' Toones as Football Fan |
| Directing | B. Reeves Eason | Director |
| Writing | Helmer Walton Bergman | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ford Beebe | Screenplay |
| Writing | Wyndham Gittens | Screenplay |
| Production | Nat Levine | Producer |
| Editing | Ray Snyder | Editor |
| Editing | Gilmore Walker | Editor |
| Directing | Armand Schaefer | Director |
| Crew | George Lowerre | Sound Recordist |
| Crew | Yakima Canutt | Stunts |
| Crew | Bert Goodrich | Stunts |
| Crew | George Magrill | Stunts |
| Crew | Paul Mantz | Stunts |
| Crew | Arthur Metzetti | Stunts |
| Crew | Otto Metzetti | Stunts |
| Crew | Victor Metzetti | Stunts |
| Camera | Benjamin H. Kline | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Tom Galligan | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Ernest Miller | Director of Photography |