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      • The Valley of Vanishing Men is a 1942 American Western film serial. It was the 20th of 57 released by Columbia Pictures. Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, it stars Bill Elliott, Slim Summerville, and Carmen Morales.


      Plot


      In this serial, Wild Bill Tolliver and Missouri Benson are a pair of adventurers who ride into the vast New Mexico Territory in search of Bill's father, Henry Tolliver, who mysteriously disappeared while prospecting for gold. They soon discover that a ruthless outlaw leader, Jonathan Kincaid, owns an immense mine of gold in which he uses captured Mexican patriots, among others, to work as slaves in the mine. They also learn that Kincaid has joined forces with Colonel Carl Engler, a renegade eastern European soldier, to carry out his cruel intentions. Then Bill and Missouri meet with Consuelo Ramírez, a diligent Mexican agent, who informs them that Bill's father is among the prisoners in the mine. After that, the heroes find themselves in a conflict with the outlaws in the middle of incessant fights, chases and action.


      Cast


      Bill Elliott as Wild Bill Tolliver
      Slim Summerville as Missouri Benson
      Carmen Morales as Consuelo Ramírez
      Kenneth MacDonald
      Jack Ingram
      George Chesebro
      John Shay
      Tom London
      Arno Frey
      Julian Rivero


      Production


      Writing about the film's atmosphere, Cline says that this serial was a "grim tale...[with a] mood of ominous dread." MissouriBenson was added to the cast because a normal comic relief character would have not have worked.


      Chapter titles


      Trouble in Canyon City
      The Mystery of Ghost Town
      Danger Walks by night
      Hillside Horror
      Guns in the Night
      The Bottomless Well
      The Man in the Gold Mask
      When the Devil Drives
      The Traitor's Shroud
      Death Strikes at Seven
      Satan in the Saddle
      The Mine of Missing Men
      Danger on Dome Rock
      The Door that Has No Key
      Empire's End
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      See also


      List of film serials by year
      List of film serials by studio


      References




      External links


      The Valley of Vanishing Men at AllMovie
      The Valley of Vanishing Men at Cinefania.com
      The Valley of Vanishing Men at IMDb

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