The Mystery Rider

1928 film

November 25, 1928 (1928-11-25)

CountryUnited StatesLanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The Mystery Rider is a lost^[1]^[2] 1928 American silent Western film serial directed by Robert J. Horner and starring William Desmond. Horner produced and released through Universal Pictures. AFI has the film listed as a five-reel feature (a possible whittled-down five-reel version of the serial).^[3]

A trailer for the film (or its episodes) survives in the Library of Congress.^[4]

Cast

William Desmond - Winthrop Lane/The Mystery Rider
Derelys Perdue - Grace Wentworth
Tom London - David Manning/The Claw
Bud Osborne - Bull Leonard
Walter Shumway - Norman Wentworth
Ned Bassett - The Sheriff
Syd Saylor -
Ben Corbett -
Slim Lucas -
Jack Shannon -
Bud McClure -

Episodes

1. The Clutching Claw
2. Trapped
3. The Stampede
4. Hands Up
5. Buried Alive
6. The Fatal Shot
7. Hurled Through Space
8. Unmasked
9. Doomed
10. The End of the Trail

References

^ The Mystery Rider at silentera.com
^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..The Mystery Rider
^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:..The Mystery Rider
^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, (<-book title)[trailer only] p.124 c.1978 American Film Institute