The Red Rider

One of the better Universal western serials with a strong cast. Jones plays a sheriff whose friend played by Grant Withers,is wrongfully framed for murder.

"The Red Rider" was a better than average serial and is not to be confused with the "Red Ryder" character created by Fred Harmon I guess it just got under the wire from the Production Code which came in in 1934. In the story one of the villains smokes marijuana cigarettes and is mentioned aloud in the dialogue.

The second of Buck Jones' five serials for Universal, and the 23rd of Universal's sound era films, falling between "The Vanishing Shadow" and "Tailspin Tommy." This one is primarily about the efforts of lawman "Red" Davidson(Buck Jones)to save his friend "Silent" Slade (Grant Withers)from being hanged for a crime he didn't commit.