In 1920, the royal northwest mounted police and the dominion police merged to form the royal canadian mounted police rcmp, affectionately called the canadian mounties although horses are now only ridden for ceremonial events. White, a complete print may exist in the ucla film and television archive film archive. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. The little pill boxes the police wear more resemble the ushers at the rivoli, than canadian mounties at least in my mind.
In hollywood corral film fan monthly, 1976, the late don miller devoted a chapter titled trails south to characters such as zorro and the cisco kid. It is also the provincial and criminal police establishment in all provinces except ontario and quebec and the only police force in the yukon and northwest territories. King of the royal mounteds official release date is 20 september 1940, although this is actually the date the sixth chapter was made available to film exchanges. They just want to clear the way with a new futuristic plane called the falcon first, but thats not gonna happen if kig has his way. The superhuman qualities of the movie mountie were toned down after a former. This was cut from the original newspaper sundaysaturday comics sections of 1943. The sole survivor of an indian attack, orphan girl susannah sheldon shirley temple becomes the mascot of the canadian mountie outpost headed by. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Theres a mountie with a sheep instead of a horse, a frenchcanadian mime who.
Although it was an official regimental band, the members worked in the band as a secondary job. Republic, april 30, 1942, feature film version of the 1940 serial king of the royal mounted king of the mounties, republic oct. Driving a dog sled with yukon king, the swiftest and strongest lead dog, breaking the trail in. King of the mounties noticeably foreshadows republics later and weaker chapterplays in its cornercutting use of stock footage, its underuse of its supporting cast, and its extremely high percentage of fistfights. Born in syria, he was a professional wrestler when he made his debut in america in a match for the georgia championship in 1932. Sergeant kings father is killed in one of the frays, and king con tinues on in his place, in command of the mountie post.
Cast and crew credits for king of the mounties, 1942, directed by william witney, with allan rocky lane, gilbert emery, russell hicks, at turner classic movies. King of the mounties 1942 episode 1 phantom invaders. King of the mounties republic, 12 chapters allan lane, anthony warde d. A foreign nation has found that compound x being mined in canada and used as a cure for polio can also be used to make magnetic mines to destroy allied ships. Erbographconsolidated film company, the crimson stain mystery, 16. A 68minute feature film version, created by editing the serial footage together, was released on 30 april 1940 under the title the yukon patrol. This was the first of two serials starring allan rocky lane as sgt.
When curruthers was hired as a bit actor in king of the royal mounted, the. King of the royal mounted and king of the mounties serials. Several of the kermit maynards and russell haydens are quite enjoyable hayden and kermit are two underappreciated heroes of the genre. Mounties are the current feeder club side for the canberra raiders. Perils of the royal mounted cliffhanger serial movie dvd. King of the royal mounted, 1936, with its main character being sergeant king, is based on a story by zane grey, starring robert kent as an. Serial report chapter 22richard simmons, king of the. The serial squadron is a group of hardworking, dedicated staff members and volunteers, supported by film historians and restorers, writers, actors, artists, researchers, collectors and professionals in the current entertainment industry dedicated to releasing as much interesting and sometimes historical cliffhangerrelated material as we can. My original serial was columbias gunfighters of the great northwest starring jock mahoney and clayton moore. This is another sergeant renfrew of the canadian mounties adventure. King of the mounties 1942 changes the movie database.
The mount pritchard mounties rugby league football club sponsored by mounties group is an australian rugby league football club based in mount pritchard, new south wales formed in 1927. King of the candian riding police is up against japs and nazis who are about to invade canada. This is a wartime serial, specifically making villains. But the 1940 king has my all time favorite cliffhanger. Buy king of the mounties movie posters from movie poster shop. King of the royal mounted 1940 allan lane a republic pictures 12 chapter serial based on the zane greys king of the royal mounted comic strip directed by william witney and john english. The bravados is a 1958 american western film color by deluxe directed by henry king, starring gregory peck and joan collins. They just want to clear the way with a new futuristic plane called \the falcon\ first, but thats not gonna happen if kig has his way. Gendarmerie royale du canada grc, royal gendarmerie of canada.
Seiter and starring shirley temple, randolph scott, and margaret lockwood. By the late 1930s, he was a popular figure on the wrestling circuit when he was introduced to movies appearing in beyond the blue horizon 1942, followed by king of the mounties. King, ola humphrey, based on the biography of actress ola humphrey considered lost. Mounties in the movies grande prairie daily herald tribune.
The cinemascope film was based on a novel of the same name, written. Sergeant king of the mounties faces three highlevel agents, one from each of the axis powers, who harass the canadian population with bombing raids by a verticaltakeoff plane that takes off from their volcano headquarters and seems to come from nowhere. Royal canadian mounted police rcmp, canadas federal police force. I love the mounties because of the lakes and trees and rcmp definately has the best uniforms. Royal canadian mounted police mounties fiction 141 books. Come on in and check out the thousands of shows we have in our collection. But the best of the bunch are a pair of allan lane cliffhangers, king of the royal mounted republic, 1940 and king of the mounties republic, 1942, which are among republic pictures finest serials.
They currently play in the nsw cup, ron massey cup and sydney shield. Preston patrols the wilds of the yukon with his horse rex and his faithful dog yukon king, battling both the elements and criminals. King of the candian riding police is up against japs and nazis who are about to. Dave king of the mounties, with peggy drake as heroine carol brent, and abner biberman played the villainous japanese admiral yamata. Trail of the mounties, also known as law of the mounties, is a 1947 american western film directed by howard bretherton and starring russell hayden, jennifer holt, and emmett lynn.
Based on the 1936 novel susannah of the mounties by muriel denison, the film is about an orphaned survivor of an indian attack in the canadian west who is taken in by a mountie and his girlfriend. Tyrone power may 5, 1914 november 15, 1958 appeared in a total of 48 featurelength motion pictures. Miller also covered the royal canadian mounted police films, and the first paragraph of his trails north chapter reads. Each of the detailed ratings you select will result in a cumulative score for this film.
Read the full synopsis of king of the royal mounted, 1936, directed by howard bretherton, with robert kent, rosalind keith, alan dinehart, at turner classic movies. This is a lot of 50 near complete year king of the royal mounted sunday pages by zane grey and jim gary. This classic film stars james newill, sally blane, dave obrien and has. King of the royal mounted 1940 canadian tom merritt has discovered a substance, compound x, that will cure infantile paralysis, which he extracts from a mine at caribou, canada. First is for the original 1942 release of the 12 chapter king of the mounties serial. Pair of 27x41 one sheet posters for republic serials, both featuring canadian royal mounted police. He had a mustache, and he just looked like what youd think a typical mountie would look like. I read somewhere they did not film one scene indoors. King of the mounties 1942 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Radar men from the moon 1952 full 12 chapter serial scifi movie radarmen film by. While few would claim that pet sematary is the best kingbased film. Sky bandits 1940 renfrew of the royal mounties by pizzaflix. Canadian mounties the royal canadian mounted police. William witney sergeant king of the mounties faces three highlevel agents, one from each of the axis powers, who harass the canadian population with bombing raids by a verticaltakeoff plane that takes off from their volcano headquarters and seems to come from nowhere.
King of the mounties is a 1942 republic 12chapter film serial, directed by william witney. This is the second of two serials starring allan lane as sgt dave king of the royal mounties. King of the mounties 1942 episode 1 phantom invaders youtube. The best place on the net for rare tv and radio shows. It has been given a new cover, converted to dldvd and upgraded. King of the mounties movie posters from movie poster shop. Sergeant preston of the yukon tv series 19551958 imdb. The series protagonist is dave king, a canadian mountie who always gets his man and who, over the course of the series, is promoted from corporal to. With allan lane, gilbert emery, russell hicks, peggy drake. For fiction aboutcontainingcentering on a character that is part of the royal canadian mounted police. This would have been the second serial to feature spy smasher. It is extremely wellproduced and full of constant exciting action. Poster features mountie image winset film scene showing spaceship. Fighting mad full length western movie complete by westernsontheweb.
The lone defender 1012, fury of the desert rin tin tin, walter miller, june marlowe. To have king of the mounties complete would be my ultimate serial wish. King of the royal canadian mounted police is in charge of the detachment in keeway and he takes an interest in a new arrival who has registered at the local hotel as helen curtis. The complete guide to south park movie parodies and references. Released in september 1940,this was the first of two serials starring allan rocky lane as sgt.
Her real name is lawton and king is soon onto her real identity. The rcmp is the largest police force in canada and responsible for the enforcement of federal laws. From this point, there is a continuous battle between the mounties, who want to preserve the compound x for the paralysis victims, and the foreign agents, who want to use it for purposes of destruction. Crashing thru complete full length western movie by. Susannah of the mounties is a 1939 american drama film directed by walter lang and william a. Fighting mad full length western movie complete youtube. Allan lane and bradley page in king of the mounties 1942 allan lane and anthony. Several familiar actors from b movies and serials appear, including budd buster, herbert rawlinson, john dilson, lucien prival and, in a minor mountie role. Allan lane in king of the royal mounted 1940 lita conway in king of the royal. King of the royal mounted is an american comics series which debuted february 17, 1935 by stephen slesinger, based on popular western writer zane greys byline and marketed as zane greys king of the royal mounted. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. King of the mounties approved 3h 16min action, adventure, western 17 october 1942 usa the chaptercrunched version of this 196 minutes, 12episode serial from republic finds canada being bombed mercilessly by a mysteriousenemy plane shaped like a boomerang called the. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Find movie and film cast and crew information for king of the mounties 1942 william witney on allmovie.