Riders of the Purple Sage (1931 film)

Riders of the Purple Sage is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film based upon the 1912 novel by Zane Grey, directed by Hamilton MacFadden, photographed by George Schneiderman, and starring George O'Brien and Marguerite Churchill.^[1] The picture was released by the Fox Film Corporation with a running time of 58 minutes and remains the third of five screen versions.^{[citation needed]} It was the first sound version.^[1] The movie was followed later the same year by a similar adaptation of the novel's sequel, The Rainbow Trail, also starring O'Brien.

Riders of the Purple Sage
Directed by	Hamilton MacFadden
Written by	Philip Klein John F. Goodrich Barry Conners
Based on	Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey
Produced by	Edmund Grainger
Starring	George O'Brien Marguerite Churchill Noah Beery
Cinematography	George Schneiderman
Edited by	Alfred DeGaetano
Production company	Fox Film
Distributed by	Fox Film
Release date	October 28, 1931 (1931-10-28)
Running time	58 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Cast

• George O'Brien as Jim Lassiter
• Marguerite Churchill as Jane Withersteen
• Noah Beery as Judge Dyer
• Yvonne Pelletier as Bess
• James Todd as Vern Venters
• Stanley Fields as Oldring
• Lester Dorr as Judkins
• Shirley Nail as Fay Larkin
• Frank McGlynn Jr. as Adam Tull, Gang leader
• Cliff Lyons as Jed