The Ghost Rider

The Ghost Rider

58 mins | Western | April 2, 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.

The Ghost Rider

58 mins | Western | April 2, 1943

The Ghost Rider
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.
Producers Monogram Pictures
Original title The Ghost Rider
Directors Wallace Fox
Writers Adele Buffington

Cast

Johnny Mack Brown

as Nevada Jack McKenzie

Raymond Hatton

as Marshal Sandy Hopkins

Harry Woods

as Lash Edwards

Beverly Boyd

as Julie Wilson

Tom Seidel

as Joe McNally

Edmund Cobb

as Henchman Zach Saddler

Bud Osborne

as Henchman Lucky Howard

George DeNormand

as Henchman Red

Bill Hunter

as Henchman Jess

Artie Ortego

as Henchman Roy

Charles King

as Henchman Steve Cook

Milburn Morante

as Wilson (Hotel Owner)

Bill Nestell

as Bartender Bill

Jack Daley

as Pat McNally

Horace B. Carpenter

as Talkative Old-Timer