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Don Daredevil Rides Again

Don Daredevil Rides Again
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Directed by Fred C. Brannon
Produced by Franklin Adreon
Written by Ronald Davidson
Starring Ken Curtis
Aline Towne
Roy Barcroft
Lane Bradford
Robert Einer
John Cason
Music by Stanley Wilson
Cinematography Ellis W. Carter
Distributed by Republic Pictures
Release date
  • April 11, 1951 (1951-04-11) (U.S.)
Running time
12 chapters / 167 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $153,080 (negative cost: $155,200)

Don Daredevil Rides Again (1951) is a Republic Movie serial. It makes heavy use of from Republic's previous Zorro serials. The character of Don Daredevil (Ken Curtis) was created for this serial as the rights to Zorro belonged to Disney by 1951.

Don Daredevil Rides Again was budgeted at $153,080 although the final negative cost was $155,200 (a $2,120, or 1.4%, overspend). It was the most expensive Republic serial of 1951.

It was filmed between 5 February and 27 February 1951. The serial's production number was 1930.

Don Daredevil Rides Again used taken from the earlier serial Zorro's Black Whip.

Special effects by the Lydecker brothers

Don Daredevil Rides Again's official release date is 11 April 1951, although this is actually the date the sixth chapter was made available to film exchanges.

Cline describes this serial as just a "quickie."

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