Devil Riders

1943 film by Sam Newfield

5 November 1943 (1943-11-05)

Running time

56 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Devil Riders is a 1943 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield. It was the first film in Producers Releasing Corporation's Billy the Kid film series where Crabbe changed his name to "Billy Carson".

Plot

Billy and Fuzzy are in charge of the local branch of the Pony Express. When a stagecoach line comes to town the Pony Express retains the weekly mail delivery contract whilst the stagecoach line takes freight and passengers. When the stagecoach line decides to do a daily mail service Billy and Fuzzy initially welcome the competition. However, two scheming businessman feel the stagecoach line would threaten their wealth and they plot to have the Pony Express and stagecoach line fight each other by each blaming the other for the sabotage done by the henchmen of the businessmen.

Cast

Buster Crabbe as Billy Carson
Al St. John as Fuzzy Q. Jones
Patti McCarty as Sally Farrell
Charles King as Del Stone
John Merton as Jim Higgins
Kermit Maynard as Henchman Red
Frank LaRue as Tom Farrell
Jack Ingram as Henchman Turner
George Chesebro as Curley

Soundtrack

Tex Williams and the Big Slicker Band - "She's Mine"
Tex Williams and the Big Slicker Band - "It Don't Mean Anything Now"

External links

Devil Riders at IMDb
Devil Riders is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive ([Alternative link])

Billy the Kid

Films

Billy the Kid (1911)
Billy the Kid (1930)
Billy the Kid Returns (1938)
Billy the Kid (1941)
The Outlaw (1943)
Son of Billy the Kid (1949)
The Kid from Texas (1950)
The Left Handed Gun (1958)
Billy the Kid Versus Dracula (1966)
Dirty Little Billy (1972)
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire (1985)
Young Guns (1988)
Gore Vidal's Billy the Kid (1989)
Young Guns II (1990)
The Kid (2019)

Billy the Kid film series (1940–46)	Billy the Kid Outlawed (1940) Billy the Kid in Texas (1940) Billy the Kid's Gun Justice (1940) Billy the Kid's Range War (1941) Billy the Kid's Fighting Pals (1941) Billy the Kid in Santa Fe (1941) Billy the Kid Wanted (1941) Billy the Kid's Round-Up (1941) Billy the Kid Trapped (1942) Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns (1942) Law and Order (1942) Sheriff of Sage Valley (1942) The Mysterious Rider (1942) The Kid Rides Again (1943) Fugitive of the Plains (1943) Western Cyclone (1943) Cattle Stampede (1943) The Renegade (1943) Blazing Frontier (1943) Devil Riders (1943) Frontier Outlaws (1944) Valley of Vengeance (1944) The Drifter (1944) Rustlers' Hideout (1944) Wild Horse Phantom (1944) Oath of Vengeance (1944) His Brother's Ghost (1945) Thundering Gunslingers (1945) Shadows of Death (1945) Gangster's Den (1945) Fuzzy Settles Down (1945) Stagecoach Outlaws (1945) Border Badmen (1945) Fighting Bill Carson (1945) Prairie Rustlers (1945) Lightning Raiders (1945) Terrors on Horseback (1946) Gentlemen with Guns (1946) Ghost of Hidden Valley (1946) Prairie Badmen (1946) Overland Riders (1946) Outlaws of the Plains (1946)

Billy the Kid
film series
(1940–46)

Billy the Kid Outlawed (1940)
Billy the Kid in Texas (1940)
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice (1940)
Billy the Kid's Range War (1941)
Billy the Kid's Fighting Pals (1941)
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe (1941)
Billy the Kid Wanted (1941)
Billy the Kid's Round-Up (1941)
Billy the Kid Trapped (1942)
Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns (1942)
Law and Order (1942)
Sheriff of Sage Valley (1942)
The Mysterious Rider (1942)
The Kid Rides Again (1943)
Fugitive of the Plains (1943)
Western Cyclone (1943)
Cattle Stampede (1943)
The Renegade (1943)
Blazing Frontier (1943)
Devil Riders (1943)
Frontier Outlaws (1944)
Valley of Vengeance (1944)
The Drifter (1944)
Rustlers' Hideout (1944)
Wild Horse Phantom (1944)
Oath of Vengeance (1944)
His Brother's Ghost (1945)
Thundering Gunslingers (1945)
Shadows of Death (1945)
Gangster's Den (1945)
Fuzzy Settles Down (1945)
Stagecoach Outlaws (1945)
Border Badmen (1945)
Fighting Bill Carson (1945)
Prairie Rustlers (1945)
Lightning Raiders (1945)
Terrors on Horseback (1946)
Gentlemen with Guns (1946)
Ghost of Hidden Valley (1946)
Prairie Badmen (1946)
Overland Riders (1946)
Outlaws of the Plains (1946)

The Tall Man (1960)
The Legend of Billy the Kid (1994)

Music

"The Ballad of Billy the Kid"
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (album)
"Billy the Kid"
"Las Cruces Jail"

Stage

Billy the Kid (ballet)

Comics

Billy the Kid (Charlton Comics)
Billy the Kid (Lucky Luke)
L'Escorte
Billy the Kid's Old Timey Oddities

Literature

The Authentic Life of Billy, the Kid

Art

Dick Brewer, Billy the Kid and the Regulators

Category

v t e Films directed by Sam Newfield
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1950s	Motor Patrol (1950) Hi-Jacked (1950) Radar Secret Service (1950) Western Pacific Agent (1950) Three Desperate Men (1951) Mask of the Dragon (1951) Skipalong Rosenbloom (1951) Lost Continent (1951) Leave It to the Marines (1951) Sky High (1951) Fingerprints Don't Lie (1951) Outlaw Women (1952) Lady in the Fog (1952) The Gambler and the Lady (1952) The Wild Dakotas (1956) Frontier Gambler (1956) The Three Outlaws (1956) Last of the Desperados (1956) Wolf Dog (1958) Flaming Frontier (1958)