The Ghost Rider (1943)
The first of a long-running series of Monogram-produced westerns starring Johnny Mack Brown and Raymond Hatton that replaced the Rough Riders series following the death of Buck Jones in the Boston night club fire. Though the next three years featured Brown (as Nevada Jack McKenzie) and Hatton (in his Sandy Hopkins role from the Rough Riders series) as undercover marshals in some form or another, this initial entry had Brown as a lone rider seeking vengeance and he and Hatton's characters were unknown to each other through most of the film. Hopkins offer McKenzie a marshal's job at the end of the film, which the Brown character declined and rode off alone on his quest. This quest didn't take long as by the next film in the series Nevada Jack McKenzie was a full-fledged U. S. Marshal.
Director:
Wallace Fox
Writer:
Adele Buffington
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Johnny Mack Brown as Nevada Jack McKenzie |
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Raymond Hatton as Marshal Sandy Hopkins |
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Harry Woods as Lash Edwards |
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Beverly Boyd as Julie Wilson |
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Tom Seidel as Joe McNally |
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Edmund Cobb as Henchman Zach Saddler |
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Bud Osborne as Henchman Lucky Howard |
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George DeNormand as Henchman Red |
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Bill Hunter as Henchman Jess |
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Artie Ortego as Henchman Roy |
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Charles King as Henchman Steve Cook |
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Milburn Morante as Wilson (Hotel Owner) |
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Bill Nestell as Bartender Bill |
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Jack Daley as Pat McNally |
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Horace B. Carpenter as Talkative Old-Timer |
| Directing | Wallace Fox | Director |
| Writing | Adele Buffington | Screenplay |
