Riders of the Northland

1942· 58 min★ 5.3· Action, Music, War

Texas Rangers Steve Bowie and "Lucky" Laidlaw are assigned, with "Harmony" Bumpus, to investigate possible enemy action in the territory of Alaska. With a short-wave radio, they head for the ranch of a murdered Alaskan, Kendall. Neighboring ranchers Matt Taylor and his daughter, Sheila, investigate men they believe to be tramps. The men ride off shooting, and the pursuing Taylor runs across the undercover Rangers, now working for the United States government. Steve convinces Taylor he is the nephew of Kendall. The men on the Kendall ranch were Chris Larsen and his Nazi henchmen. Larsen killed Kendall and, taking orders from an offshore German U-Boat, is attempting to put in a runway for enemy planes. Young Buddy Taylor, Sheila's kid brother, later sees men pouring cement on the Larsen ranch and, in an effort to escape, falls over a cliff and is killed. Larsen plants the body on the Kendall ranch and the Taylors accuse Steve and his friends of causing the boy's death. Steve then begins to put the short-wave radio to good stead.

Cast: Charles Starrett, Russell Hayden, Shirley Patterson, Cliff Edwards

Director: William Berke