Riders of the Purple Sage (1941 film)

Riders of the Purple Sage is a 1941 American western film based on the 1912 novel by Zane Grey, directed by James Tinling, and starring George Montgomery as Lassiter and Mary Howard as Jane Withersteen. The picture is the fourth of five screen adaptations of Grey's novel produced across an eight-decade span.

Riders of the Purple Sage
Directed by	James Tinling
Screenplay by	William Bruckner Robert F. Metzler
Based on	Riders of the Purple Sage 1912 novel by Zane Grey
Produced by	Sol M. Wurtzel
Starring	George Montgomery Mary Howard Robert Barrat
Cinematography	Lucien N. Andriot
Edited by	Nick DeMaggio
Music by	Cyril J. Mockridge
Production company	Twentieth Century Fox
Distributed by	Twentieth Century Fox
Release date	October 10, 1941 (1941-10-10)
Running time	54 minuntes
Country	United States
Language	English

Synopsis

Jim Lassiter learns early on that his niece Fay Larkin has been cheated out of her inheritance by crooked Judge Dyer.^[1]

Cast

• George Montgomery as Jim Lassiter
• Mary Howard as Jane Withersteen
• Robert Barrat as Judge Dyer
• Lynne Roberts as Bess
• Kane Richmond as Adam Dyer
• Patsy Patterson as Fay Larkin
• Richard Lane as Oldring
• Oscar O'Shea as Noah Judkins
• James Gillette as Venters
• Frank McGrath as Pete
• LeRoy Mason as Jerry Card

Other films based on novel

• Riders of the Purple Sage (1918 film) starring William Farnum
• Riders of the Purple Sage (1925 film) starring Tom Mix
• Riders of the Purple Sage (1931 film) starring George O'Brien
• Riders of the Purple Sage (1996 film) starring Ed Harris