Riders of the Cactus

Riders of the Cactus
Directed by	David Kirkland
Written by	Charles Connell David Kirkland
Produced by	Robert Connell R.B. Hooper
Starring	Hal Taliaferro Buzz Barton Fred Church
Cinematography	R.B. Hooper
Edited by	Charles Connell
Production company	Hooper-Connell Productions
Distributed by	Big 4 Film
Release date	July 7, 1931 (1931-07-07)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Riders of the Cactus is a 1931 American Western film directed by David Kirkland and starring Hal Taliaferro, Buzz Barton and Fred Church.^[1] Location shooting took place in Sonora, California, and near Tucson, Arizona at the Tanque Verde Ranch and Mission San Xavier del Bac Mission.^[2] The film was made back-to-back with Flying Lariats.

Smugglers on the Mexico–United States border pursue the tourist Josie after they learn that she has a valuable map that shows the location of buried treasure. Bronson rescues her, catching and beating the villains. Agents from the U.S. Border Patrol take the villains away, and Bronson and Josie turn the treasure over to a mission church where they are married.^[3][4]

• Hal Taliaferro as Bob Bronson
• Buzz Barton as Buzz
• Fred Church as Jake McKeever, alias Jake Wenzel
• Lorraine LaVal as Josie
• Ed Cartwright as Pete
• Don Wilson as Peon
• Joe Lawliss as Bill
• Tete Brady as Hattie McKeever
• Etta Delmas as Aunt Sarah Casey
• Gus Anderson as Ranger Captain
• Sam Garrett as Trick Roper / Ranger

• Michael R. Pitts. Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland & Company, 2005.

• Riders of the Cactus at IMDb