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Classic Serial: Riders of the Purple Sage

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First in a three-part dramatisation of Zane Gray 's classic novel of love and violent revenge, the first western to be adapted as a Classic Serial.
1: Utah, 1871. Mormon rancher Jane Withersteen is resisting Elder Tull 's attempts to take her and Cottonwoods for himself, when into the picture rides the avenging angel Lassiter.
Dramatised by Ed Thomason Music by Trevor Allan Davies
Director Adnan Bean
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Contributors

Unknown:
Zane Gray
Unknown:
Jane Withersteen
Unknown:
Elder Tull
Dramatised By:
Ed Thomason
Music By:
Trevor Allan Davies
Director:
Adnan Bean
Jane Withersteen:
Shelley Thompson
lassiter:
Stuart Milligan
Bishop Dyer:
Nigel Anthony
Elter Tull:
Wiluam Roberts
Bern Venters:
Dominic Letts
Bess:
Teresa Gallagher
Flouise:
Heather Emmanuel
Oldrin:
Jack Klaff
Hester:
Jill Graham
Fay:
Oona Beeson
Jacky:
John Church
judkins:
John Evitts
jerry:
Keith Drinkel
Rourke:
Trevor Allan Davies
Blake:
Jonathan Adams
Source: Radio Times

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