| Riders of the Purple Sage | |
| Director: | Hamilton MacFadden |
| Producer: | Edmund Grainger |
| Starring: | George O'Brien Marguerite Churchill Noah Beery |
| Cinematography: | George Schneiderman |
| Editing: | Alfred DeGaetano |
| Studio: | Fox Film |
| Distributor: | Fox Film |
| Runtime: | 58 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
Riders of the Purple Sage is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film based upon the 1912 novel by Zane Grey, directed by Hamilton MacFadden, photographed by George Schneiderman, and starring George O'Brien and Marguerite Churchill.[1] The picture was released by the Fox Film Corporation with a running time of 58 minutes and remains the third of five screen versions. It was the first sound version.[1] The movie was followed later the same year by a similar adaptation of the novel's sequel, The Rainbow Trail, also starring O'Brien.