Riders of Destiny

Riders of Destiny
Film poster
Directed byRobert N. Bradbury
Written byRobert N. Bradbury
Produced byPaul Malvern
Starring
CinematographyArchie Stout
Edited byCarl Pierson
Distributed byMonogram Pictures
Release date
  • October 10, 1933 (1933-10-10) (USA)
Running time
53 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Riders of Destiny is a 1933 pre-Code Western musical film starring 26-year-old John Wayne as Singin' Sandy Saunders, the screen's second singing cowboy (the first being Ken Maynard in the 1929 film The Wagon Master). It was the first of a series of sixteen Lone Star Westerns made for Monogram Pictures between 1933 and 1935, by Wayne and director Robert N. Bradbury, and the first pairing of Wayne with George "Gabby" Hayes.