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Riders of Destiny (1933)

Name: Riders of Destiny
Genre: Western
Released: 1933
Duration: 52 min
Cast: John Wayne, Al St. John, Yakima Canutt, George "Gabby" Hayes, Forrest Taylor

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Riders of Destiny (1933) is a 53-minute western film that airs free on Starlite TV's Dusty Trails (CH 8) channel. Our rights research indicates it is in the U.S. public domain (evidence below). Directed by Robert N. Bradbury.

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About Riders of Destiny (1933)

Riders of Destiny is a 1933 pre-Code Western musical film starring 26-year-old John Wayne as Singin' Sandy Saunders, and is one of the earliest examples of the singing cowboy movie.

In a drought-stricken Western town, mysterious newcomer Singin' Sandy Saunders (John Wayne) finds the local sheriff shot in the back and helps him recover. He soon encounters what appears to be a stagecoach robbery by Fay Denton, who is actually trying to intercept her family's mail and payments before they're stolen by henchmen Bert and Elmer. The true villain is James Kincaid, who monopolizes the region's only water source (via his dam) and extorts high rates from ranchers while pressuring them to sell their land cheaply. The Dentons' well is the sole independent source, making their property a key target.

Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article Riders of Destiny (text available under CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Credits

Directed by: Robert N. Bradbury
Cast includes: John Wayne, Al St. John, Yakima Canutt, George "Gabby" Hayes, Forrest Taylor, Cecilia Parker, Horace B. Carpenter, Lafe McKee
Country: United States

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Dusty Trails - CH 8, Western TV

Rights & source

Basis: Documented as U.S. public domain (e.g. copyright not renewed / no notice)
Evidence: Listed in Wikipedia 'List of films in the public domain in the United States' (cites Pierce 2007 / Fishman / trade sources). John Wayne.
License on source: creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain
Music: Film soundtrack falls with the film; separately published songs (if any) not individually cleared.
Underlying rights: John Wayne.
Source: Internet Archive

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