Lost Creek Water Rights
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Lost Creek Water Rights |
| Original title | Riders of Destiny |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1933 |
| length | 53 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Robert N. Bradbury |
| script | Robert N. Bradbury |
| production | Paul Malvern |
| music | William Barber |
| camera | Archie Stout |
| cut | Carl Pierson |
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The Lost Creek Water Rights (alternatively: Rider of Justice ) is the German title of a US American B- Western from 1933 with John Wayne in the lead role of a singing gunslinger. The film was made on locations in the US state of California . The world premiere took place on October 10, 1933 in the USA . The German first broadcast took place on January 18 and 25, 1985 as part of the television series Western from yesterday on ZDF .
action
Sandy Saunders finds Sheriff Baxter who was shot in the wilderness and saves his life. On his further ride, he observed a raid on a stagecoach , in which the robber's horse was shot while trying to escape. Unexpectedly, the robber turns out to be the young farmer's daughter Fay Denton, who only wanted to secure the money that she and her father are legally entitled to - before the gang around James Kincaid can steal the money in a bogus robbery. Saunders helps the lady escape and later meets her in town, where the wealthy merchant and landowner Kincaid runs the business in the sheriff's absence.
Saunders finds accommodation at Denton's farm and learns about Kincaid's plan to buy the lands of all the city's farmers at a dumping price . On Kincaid's Land, Lost Creek disappears into the ground, the former bed of which has dried up. Since only Kincaid can supply the people with water, he uses his monopoly as leverage . Only Denton's farm is independent thanks to its own well. When Kincaid's water supply contract with the farmers expires, he quadruples the price of water. Saunders helps get the water it needs from Denton's farm. Thereupon he is challenged by Kincaid's hit man Manson to a duel , which Saunders easily survives.
Saunders, however, has a brilliant idea. He advises farmers to sign Kincaid's new contract if he agrees to an additional clause: should Kincaid one day be unable to supply water, all of his land and water rights will become the property of the farmers. Saunders apparently agrees to enter Kincaid's service. He suggests blasting the Dentons' well to get the two farmers to sell their ranch . However, the blast has the consequence that the Lost Creek is led back to the surface of the earth. The old course of the river now carries water again, while Kincaid's spring dries up. Because of his new water contract, this means ruin for Kincaid. When he is convicted of having ordered the attack on Sheriff Baxter, he has to flee. Saunders, who ultimately turns out to be a US Marshal, pursues him and shoots him. In the end, Saunders announces that he wants to stay with Fay and kisses her.
Others
In Germany, the film was also shown as part of the ZDF Western series Western von Yesterday , which was broadcast from May 1978 to July 1986. The series consists of westerns of the 1930s and 1940s, in which the films were divided into episodes of 25 minutes each or cut accordingly.
Web links
- The water rights of Lost Creek in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The film can be downloaded for free from the Internet Archive