The Riddle Rider Explained

The Riddle Rider
Director:	William James Craft
Starring:	William Desmond Eileen Sedgwick
Distributor:	Universal Pictures
Runtime:	15 episodes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent English intertitles

The Riddle Rider is a 1924 American silent Western film serial directed by William James Craft starring William Desmond and Eileen Sedgwick. The film is considered to be lost.^[1] The 1927 serial The Return of the Riddle Rider is a sequel.

Cast

• William Desmond as Randolph Parker / The Riddle Rider
• Eileen Sedgwick as Nan Madden
• Helen Holmes as Julie Dean
• Claude Payton as Victor Raymond
• William Gould as Jack Archer (credited as Wililam H. Gould)
• Ben Corbett as Monte Blade
• Hughie Mack as Willie
• Albert J. Smith
• Margaret Royce
• Artie Ortego
• Yakima Canutt

Chapters

1. The Canyon Torrent
2. Crashing Doom
3. In the Path of Death
4. Plunged Into the Depths
5. Race for a Fortune
6. Sinister Shadows
7. The Swindle
8. The Frame-Up
9. False Faces
10. At the Brink of Death
11. Thundering Steeds
12. Trapped
13. The Valley of Fate
14. The Deadline
15. The Final Reckoning

See also

• List of film serials
• List of film serials by studio

Notes and References

1. Web site: Progressive Silent Film List: The Riddle Rider . April 22, 2009. silentera.com.