Mystery of the Riverboat

A movie serial in 13 chapters: Some swampland becomes valuable, and various factions squabble over ownership of it.

Cast

Robert Lowery

as Steve Langtry

Marjorie Clements

as Jenny Perrin

Lyle Talbot

as Rudolph Toller

Arthur Hohl

as Clayton

Oscar O'Shea

as Capt. Ethan Perrin

Joe Devlin

as Louis Schaber

Anthony Warde

as Bruno Bloch

Francis McDonald

as Batiste

Eddy Waller

as Charles Langtry

Marion Martin

as Celeste Eltree [Chs. 1-4, 7]

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