Miracle Rider (1935) DVD9 - Western Serial - Disk 1 of 2 - Chapters 01 to 10 of 15 [DDR]

The Miracle Rider is a 1935 Mascot movie serial directed by B. Reeves Eason and Armand Schaefer. The serial stars Tom Mix.

This was Tom Mix's last film and his only sound serial.
Tom Mix was still an A-list star in 1935, alongside Charles Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. and Mary Pickford.
He was paid $40,000 for four weeks work on The Miracle Rider, which he used as urgent funding to support his circus.

The serial combined the large cast and interlocking plots of a silent serial with the science fiction and cliffhangers of the sound era.
Tom Mix, whose voice was strained and nasal due to a repeatedly broken nose and a bullet through his throat, did a lot of his own stunts, although some were doubled by Cliff Lyons.

CAST:-
Tom Mix as Tom Morgan, Texas Ranger
Joan Gale as Ruth
Charles Middleton as Zaroff, a rancher and oil company owner
Robert Frazer as Chief Black Wing
Niles Welch as Metzger
Jason Robards Sr. as Carlton (billed as Jason Robards)
Bob Kortman as Longboat
Edward Earle as Christopher Adams, Indian Agent
Edward Hearn as Emil Janss
Tom London as Sewell, one of Zaroff's henchmen
Edmund Cobb as Vining, one of Zaroff's henchmen
Ernie Adams as John Stelter
Max Wagner as Morley, one of Zaroff's henchmen
Charles King as Hatton, one of Zaroff's henchmen
George Chesebro as Crossman, Janss Hand

Directed by B. Reeves Eason, Armand Schaefer

Chapters:-
01. The vanishing Indian
02. The firebird strikes
03. The flying knife
04. A race with death
05. Double-barreled doom
06. Thundering hoofs
07. The dragnet
08. Guerilla warfare
09. The silver band
10. Signal fires
11. A traitor dies
12. Danger rides with death
13. Secret of X-94
14. Between two fires
15. Justice rides the plains.

SYNOPSIS:- The Miracle Rider (1935)
Zaroff (Charles Middleton), a rancher and oil company owner, wants to drive the Ravenhead Indians off their reservation so that he can mine the rare element X-94, a super explosive, found there and sell it to the highest bidder. Texas Ranger Tom Morgan tries to stop him and save the tribe.

Texas Ranger Tom Morgan (Tom Mix), a blood brother of the Ravenhead Indian tribe, discovers that the Indians are being terrorized by Zaroff, a ruthless villain who has learned that the tribal lands contain deposits of "X-94," a powerful explosive. Zaroff and his men use invisible rays and radio-controlled gliders in their efforts to kill Tom and frighten the superstitious Indians. But nothing can defeat a dedicated Texas Ranger, and Zaroff and his gang live to regret mixing with Tom in this combination of science fiction and western adventure. The final screen appearance of the legendary movie cowboy, Tom Mix. Not rated.


D1
Video Codec: MPEG-2
Video Bitrate: 5879 kbps
Video Resolution: 720x480
Video Aspect Ratio: 1.333:1
Frames Per Second: 29.970
Audio Codec: AC3
Audio Bitrate: 192kb/s CBR 48000 Hz
Audio Streams: 2
Audio Languages: English
Source DVD9 Uncompressed
RunTime 2:36:43
Subtitles:None
Ripped by: Trinidad [DDR]
Duration: 2:36:43