Product Details

• Actors: Bob Steele; Gertrude Messinger; Tex Palmer
• Directors: Robert Bradbury
• Format: Black & White, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Timeless Multimedia
• VHS Release Date: December 1, 1993
• Run Time: 56 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 6303864821
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #602,886 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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5.0 out of 5 stars "The King of B-Westerns & Serials...VCI Entertainment ~ Rider of the Law (1935)", March 12, 2006

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J. Lovins "Mr. Jim" (Missouri-USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rider of the Law [VHS] (VHS Tape)

VCI Entertainment and Supreme Features present "Rider of the Law" (1935) (Dolby
digitally remastered)...relive those thrilling days from the early '30s and '40s
when Bob Steele took us down the dusty trails and the plains to exciting
adventures....some of the best B-Westerns ever to grace the Saturday Matinee
Screen...just remember double thrills, chills, mystery and suspense...hitting the bull's eye
with excitement...don't miss any of the Bob Steele features loaded with action that will leave
you wanting more of his B-Western adventures

Under director Robert North Bradbury (real life father of Bob Steele), producer A. W. Hackel, original story and screenplay byJack Natteford...the cast include Bob Steele (Bob Marlow), Gertrude Messinger (Ann Carver), Si Jenks (Buffalo Brady), Lloyd Ingraham (Colonel Carver), John Elliott (Town Mayor), Earl Dwire (Razor Tolliver), Forrest Taylor (Gambler), Chuck Baldra (Mace Tolliver), Steve Clark (Doc Tolliver), Ray Henderson (Cowhand), Jack Kirk (Jake Tolliver), Bud Osborne (Bartender Ed), Tex Palmer (Tolliver Brother), James Sheridan (Red Tulliver). . . . . . . . .as the story goes our hero Bob Steele arrives in Apache City wearing glasses, suit and carrying one bag a real tenderfoot, but don't judge a book by his cover...there are six Tolliver's and Steele has their number, the leader is Earl Dwire with brothers Steve Clark, Jack Kirk, Tex Palmer, James Sheridan and Chuck Baldra who think they have it easy...is the banker Lloyd Ingraham on the level, the heroine Gertrude Messinger has eyes for Steele but he's too busy dodging bullets...watch the last reel and find out who ends up top dog...will Steele outwit the outlaws and bring peace and harmony on the Supreme Picture lot, don't touch that dial we're about to find out. . . . . B-Western footnote, actor Earl Dwire, one of the best western screen scoundrels of the '30s, was a snaky badmen and a close friend to director Robert N. Bradbury, Dwire appeared in 17 Bob Steele early films and later joined John Wayne and Johnny Mack Brown always giving his signature style performance...check out this and more in a new book "Best of the Badmen" by Boyd Magers, Bob Nareau and Bobby Copeland, available from Amazon and Empire Publishing. . . pick up your copy today. . . . . meanwhile another great B-Western for Bob Steele under the Supreme Features banner, proves to be one of his most exciting performances.

Special footnote, actor Bob Steele was the son of director Robert N. Bradbury and the age of 14 he and his twin brother Bill Bradbury made a series of comedy shorts "Adventures of Bob and Bill" (1920), directed by their father...along came his first starring western "The Mojave Kid" (1927), released by Film Booking Office of America (FBO) and directed by his father, he changed his name to Bob Steele...making low budget B-Westerns for independent studios such as Republic, Supreme, Monogram and PRC which included nearly 200 feature films, serials and TV appearances...was in his twilight years at the age 59 when he got the part of the cantankerous "Trooper Duffy", in the western comedy series "F Troop" (1965), who at the drop of a hat would give his rendition of fighting "shoulder to shoulder with Davy Crockett at the Alamo"...Steele retired from the screen in 1973...his long career, spanning more than 50 years came to an end in 1988 when he passed away.

SPECIAL FEATURES:
BIOS:
1. Bob Steele (Robert Adrian Bradbury)
Birth Date: 1/23/1907 - Pendleton, Oregon
Died: 12/21/1988 - Burbank, CA.
2. Earl Dwire
Birth Date: 11/03/1883 - Missouri
Died: 1/16/1940 - Carmichael, California

If you crave action, drama and plenty of adventure check out other western double features with Bob Steele:

BOB STEELE WESTERN DOUBLE FEATURES:
1. Vol. 1 - Tombstone Terror/Lightnin' Crandall (VCI #7212) (DVD)
2. Vol. 2 - The Brand of Hate/Trusted Outlaw (VCI #7252) (DVD)
3. Vol. 3 - The Arizona Gunfighter/Last of the Warrens (VCI #7261) (DVD)
4. Vol. 4 - Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin'/The Feud Maker (VCI #7275) (DVD)

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and pick up your copy now from VCI Entertainment.

Great job by VCI Entertainment for releasing "Rider of the Law" (1935), the
digital transfere with a clean, clear and crisp print...looking forward to more
high quality releases from the vintage serial era of the '20s, '30s & '40s and
B-Westerns...order your copy now from Amazon or VCI Entertainment where there
are plenty of copies available on DVD and VHS, stay tuned once again for top
notch action mixed with deadly adventure from the "King of Serials" VCI...just
the way we like 'em

Total Time: 56 min on DVD/VHS ~ VCI Entertainment #1530 ~ (6/25/2002)