Rip Roaring Riley

1935 film
  • October 24, 1935 (1935-10-24)
Running time
55 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Rip Roaring Riley is a 1935 American action film directed by Elmer Clifton and starring Elmer Clifton, with Lloyd Hughes, Marion Burns and Grant Withers.[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Vin Taylor. A second feature, it was released in America by Puritan Pictures and in Britain by Pathé Pictures under the alternative title The Mystery of Diamond Island.

Plot

A federal agent manages to crash land on Diamond Island, where the government suspects that Major Gray is developing a new poison gas, by forcing Professor Baker and his daughter Anne to work for him.

Cast

  • Lloyd Hughes as Ted 'Rip-Roaring' Riley
  • Marion Burns as Anne Baker
  • Grant Withers as Major Gray
  • John Cowell as Professor Baker
  • Paul Ellis as Franko - Henchman
  • Eddie Gribbon as Sparko - Henchman
  • Kit Guard as Bruno - Henchman
  • Joe Hirakawa as Lun - Houseboy
  • Wilfred Lucas as Police Chief

References

  1. ^ Langman p.127

Bibliography

  • Langman, Larry. Return to Paradise: A Guide to South Sea Island Films. Scarecrow Press, 1998.
  • Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940. McFarland & Company, 2005.

External links

  • Rip Roaring Riley at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
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