The Phantom Rider

The Phantom Rider is a 1946 American Western film serial from Republic Pictures starring Robert Kent and Peggy Stewart. It was later re-released under the new title Ghost Riders of the West. Plot summary Dr Jim Sterling attempts to create a police force on the Big Tree Indian Reservation. However, his efforts face sabotage, secretly directed by the apparently friendly Indian Agent Fred Carson, whose gang is currently able to rob stagecoaches wagons without opposition. In order to defeat his enemies, Sterling adopts the name and costume of the legendary "Phantom Rider". Cast Robert Kent as Dr Jim Sterling and The Phantom Rider Peggy Stewart as Doris Shannon, school teacher LeRoy Mason as Fred Carson, villain secretly sabotaging the reservation to maintain his interests George J. Lewis as Blue Feather, Sterling's sidekick Kenne Duncan as Ben Brady Hal Taliaferro as Nugget, miner Chief Thundercloud as Chief Yellow Wolf Tom London as Ceta Roy Barcroft as The Marshal Monte Hale as Cass Hugh Prosser as Keeler Production The Phantom Rider was budgeted at $140,207 although the final negative cost was $138,925 (a $1,282, or 0.9%, under spend). It was filmed between 25 July and 22 August 1945. The serial's production number was 1499.