Rip Roaring Riley is a 1935 American action film directed by Elmer Clifton and starring Elmer Clifton, with Lloyd Hughes, Marion Burns and Grant Withers.[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Vin Taylor. A second feature, it was released in America by Puritan Pictures and in Britain by Pathé Pictures under the alternative title The Mystery of Diamond Island.

Rip Roaring Riley
Directed byElmer Clifton
Written byHomer King Gordon
George Jeske
Produced byC.C. Burr
StarringLloyd Hughes
Marion Burns
Grant Withers
CinematographyIrvin Akers
Edited byTony Martinelli
Production
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C.C. Burr Productions
Distributed byPuritan Pictures
Release date
  • October 24, 1935 (1935-10-24)
Running time
55 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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A federal agent manages to crash land on Diamond Island, where the government suspects that Major Gray is developing a new poison gas, by forcing Professor Baker and his daughter Anne to work for him.

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References

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  1. ^ Langman p.127

Bibliography

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  • Langman, Larry. Return to Paradise: A Guide to South Sea Island Films. Scarecrow Press, 1998.
  • Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940. McFarland & Company, 2005.
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