Deadwood Dick was the 11th serial

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Plot

Deadwood Dick, a masked and mysterious hero, is in a reality Dick Stanley, editor of the Dakota Pioneer Press and a leading member of the Statehood For Dakota. He is on the trail of a masked villain known as the Skull, who leads a violent, renegade band which is infamous for its violence against the Deadwood residents wishes for a statehood status. Our hero soon discovers that the Skull terrorises the town to prevent statehood being achieved, in order to build his own empire in the vast territory. But Dick suspects that one of his fellow committeemen might be responsible for the string of criminal acts. It takes him fifteen episodes and about forty choreographed slugfests to finally uncover the truth and reward the Skull's villainy with an exemplary punishment.

Cast

Don Douglas Don Douglas Don Douglas was a film actor, born Donald Douglas on 24 August 1905 in Kinleyside, Scotland, UK.He appeared in over 100 films from the late 1920s to the 1940s including The Great Gabbo , Life Begins , Men in White , Madame X , Cheers for Miss Bishop , Now, Voyager , Little Tokyo, U.S.A. , Tall in...	Dick Stanley/Deadwood Dick
Lorna Gray Lorna Gray Lorna Gray is an American film actress, known for her comic roles and later as a villainess. She is best known for her role as Mattie Herring in the 1940 Three Stooges film You Nazty Spy!-Career:...	Anne Butler
Harry Harvey Harry Harvey (actor) Harry Harvey was an American actor.- Career :Born in Indian Territory, U.S.. Was a film character actor, he has more 300 appeared in television series and movies...	Dave Miller, Stanley's assistant
Marin Sais Marin Sais Marin Sais was an American motion picture actress whose career was most prolific during the silent film era of the 1910s and 1920s...	Calamity Jane
Lane Chandler Lane Chandler Lane Chandler was an American actor specializing in Westerns.-Early life:He was born as Robert Chandler Oakes on a ranch near Culbertson, Montana, the son of a horse rancher. At an early age, the family relocated to Helena, Montana, where he graduated from high school...	Wild Bill Hickok
Jack Ingram Jack Ingram (actor) Jack Ingram was an American film actor. He appeared in over 300 films between 1935 and 1966, according to the Internet Movie Data Base.He was born in Illinois, and died in Canoga Park, California of a heart attack...	Buzz Ricketts, Chief henchman
Charles King	Tex, henchman
Ed Cassidy	Committeeman Tennison Drew
Robert Fiske Robert Fiske (actor) Robert Fiske was an American film actor during the 1930s and 1940s.Born in Griggsville, Missouri he appeared in 66 films, primarily B-movies and westerns. He died in Sunland, California of congestive heart failure at the age of 54 and was buried at Forest Lawn Glendale, Glendale,...	Committeeman Ashton
Lee Shumway Lee Shumway Lee Shumway , was an American actor. He appeared in 417 films between 1909 and 1953.He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:* Flame of Barbary Coast...	Committeeman Bentley
Roy Barcroft Roy Barcroft Roy Barcroft was an American character actor famous for playing villains in B-Westerns and other genres. Noted film critic Leonard Maltin acclaimed Barcroft as "Republic Pictures' number one bad guy".-Early life:...	Marshal Jim Bridges' imposter
Yakima Canutt Yakima Canutt Yakima Canutt , also known as Yak Canutt, was an American rodeo rider, actor, stuntman and action director.-Biography:...	Henchman
Horace B. Carpenter Horace B. Carpenter Horace B. Carpenter was an American actor, film director and, screenwriter. He appeared in 334 films between 1914 and 1946. He also directed 15 films between 1925 and 1934...	Older Townsman
Edmund Cobb Edmund Cobb Edmund Fessenden Cobb was an American actor. He appeared in 623 films between 1912 and 1966.He was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles from a heart attack...	Committeeman Steele
Jim Corey Jim Corey James Warren "Jim" Corey was an American actor. He appeared in 315 films between 1914 and 1948. He was born in Nebraska and died in Los Angeles, California...	Steve, henchman
Kenne Duncan Kenne Duncan Kenne Duncan , born Kenneth Duncan MacLachlan, was a well-known B-movie character actor. Hyped professionally as "The Meanest Man in the Movies," the vast majority of his over 250 appearances on camera were Westerns, but he also did occasional forays into horror, crime drama, and science fiction...	'Two-Gun', henchman
Al Ferguson Al Ferguson Al Ferguson was an Irish-born American film actor. He appeared in nearly 300 films between 1912 and 1956.He was born in County Wexford, Ireland and died in Long Island, New York.-Selected filmography:...	Mike, henchman
Fern Emmett Fern Emmett Fern Emmett was an American film actress. She appeared in 212 films between 1930 and 1946.-Selected filmography:The following were with John Wayne:* Riders of Destiny...	Miranda, henchman
Franklyn Farnum Franklyn Farnum William Smith , better known by his screen name, Franklyn Farnum, was an American character actor and Hollywood extra who appeared in 433 productions between the years 1916 and 1961....	Clayton, henchman
Helen Gibson Helen Gibson Helen Gibson was an American film actress, vaudeville performer, radio performer, film producer, trick rider and rodeo performer; and is considered to be the first American professional stunt woman.- Rodeo riding :...	Townswoman
Joseph W. Girard Joseph W. Girard Joseph W. Girard was an American film actor. He appeared in over 280 films between 1911 and 1944.He was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.-Selected filmography:...	Government Referee
Chuck Hamilton Chuck Hamilton Charles Hamilton is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played 4 games in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens and St. Louis Blues.-External links:...	Henchman
Edward Hearn Edward Hearn Edward Hearn was an American actor. He appeared in 361 films between 1915 and 1955.He was born in Dayton, Washington and died in Los Angeles County, California.-Selected filmography:* Daredevil Jack...	Committeeman Tom Sharp
Fred Kelsey Fred Kelsey Frederick Alvin "Fred" Kelsey was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. He appeared in 404 films between 1911 and 1958, often playing policemen or detectives . He also directed 37 films between 1914 and 1920...	Bottles, bartender
Eddie Laughton Eddie Laughton Eddie Laughton was a British-born American film actor. Born in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Laughton appeared in over 200 films between 1935 and 1952.-Career:...	Henchman
Tom London Tom London Tom London was an American actor who, according to "The Guinness Book of Movie Records," is credited with appearing in the most movies in the history of Hollywood...	Jake, henchman
Murdock MacQuarrie Murdock MacQuarrie Murdock MacQuarrie was an American silent film actor.Murdock began his long screen career as an actor in early films such as The Count of Monte Cristo before becoming a director at Universal.He was the brother of actors Albert MacQuarrie and Frank MacQuarrie.-1940s:* Silver City Raiders...	Kenyon
Arthur Millett Arthur Millett Arthur Millett was an early American motion picture actor whose career was at its height in the silent film era....	Judge
Bud Osborne Bud Osborne Bud Osborne was an American film actor. He appeared in over 600 films and television programs between 1912 and 1963.Osborne was born in Knox County, Texas, and died in Hollywood, California from a heart attack...	Strong, stage driver
Edward Peil Sr. Edward Peil Sr. Edward Peil Sr. was an American film actor. He appeared in over 370 films between 1913 and 1951. He was born in Racine, Wisconsin, and died in Hollywood, California.-Selected filmography:...	Committeeman Sears
Forrest Taylor	The Skull (when in costume only)
Blackie Whiteford Blackie Whiteford Blackie Whiteford was an American film actor. He appeared in 275 films between 1928 and 1962.He was born in New York, New York and died in Hollywood, California.-Selected filmography:* The Tiger's Shadow...	Henchman

Chapter titles

1. A Wild West Empire
2. Who is the Skull?
3. Pirates of the Plains
4. The Skull Baits a Trap
5. Win Lose for Draw
6. Buried Alive
7. The Chariot of Doom
8. The Secret of Number Ten
9. The Fatal Warning
10. Framed for Murder
11. The Bucket of Death
12. A Race Against Time
13. The Arsenal of Revolt
14. Holding the Fort
15. The Deadwood Express