The Devil on Horseback
Cast & Crew
Crane Wilbur
Lily Damita
Fred Keating
Del Campo
Jean Chatburn
Tiffany Thayer
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
The movie actress Diane Corday has come to the Republic of Alturas on a personal appearance tour with her fiancé, Gary Owen. Gary's father, head of the Owen Coffee Company, sponsors the tour, which includes a radio engagement for both Gary and Diane. When Gary's old school chum, Pancho Granero, hears them both speak over the air, he decides to contact them. Pancho, who has many political enemies, overtakes the train on which Gary and Diane are travelling and insists that they come to his hacienda as his honored guests. Diane's press agent sees an opportunity for a headline story and sends out a bulletin that Diane has been abducted. The news causes an uproar during which diplomatic relations with the American consul at the Alturian capital become strained. The American diplomats demand that General Valdez, the military governor, send an expedition to rescue Diane from "the devil on horseback." Meanwhile, Pancho stages an elaborate fiesta for his guests, and his attentions to Diane prompt a jealous reaction from his lover, Manuela Torres, as well as Gary. An argument ensues in which Pancho punches Gary. Just then, the troops sent to rescue Diane arrive, with Captain Triana in command. Triana has secretly received orders to kill Pancho and when Diane discovers this, she throws herself in front of Pancho to save his life. She then explains that Pancho has not abducted her and that the entire ordeal was a press agent's fiction. Later, the group rides back to the railroad, where they learn that Pancho's friends are once again in power at the capital and that a state of war exists. After goodbyes are said, Pancho and his men ride off to take their part in the fight to free Alturas.
Director
Crane Wilbur
Cast
Lily Damita
Fred Keating
Del Campo
Jean Chatburn
Tiffany Thayer
Renee Torres
Juan Torena
Blanca Vischer
Enrique De Rosas
Jack Stegall
Crew
Adrienne
Edward L. Alperson
Hal Bumbaugh
Sam Diege
Ralph Dixon
Arthur Dreifuss
Max Factor
George A. Hirliman
Charles Hunt
Joseph H. Lewis
Lou Merman
Abe Meyer
William O'connor
Louis Rantz
Hugo Riesenfeld
Fred Stahl
Mack Stengler
Jack Stern
Frank Sylos
Harry Tobias
Crane Wilbur
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
The title of this film appeared in ads as Devil on Horseback. The two-color Magnacolor process used in this film was alternately listed as "Hirlicolor" and "Hirlacolor" in contemporary sources. Most sources list the film as a Regal production, although some sources call it a Condor picture. Both Regal and Condor were owned by producer George Hirliman. A Spanish-language version of this film, El carnaval del diablo, was produced by Metropolitan Pictures Corp., a company Hirliman set up to make Spanish versions of some of his films, and was shot simultaneously with the English version. The working titles of the Spanish version were El diablo se divierte and La canción de los Andes, and the film was presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. Certain sequences were shot on location in Hemet, CA and some scenes May have been shot at Republic Studios.
