THE LEGENDARY LOST ENGLISH DUBS OF THE SUPER RIDERS TRILOGY
Although we know that they existed, there is little currently known evidence of the English dubbed export cuts of the Super Riders trilogy. Today, we will be going over that currently known evidence.
The English Export Posters
The English export posters for The Super Riders Vs. The Devils and The Super Rider V3 were used for their theatrical runs in Lebanon. However, although they were theatrically released in Lebanon, there are no currently known releases of the English export cuts on home video in Lebanon. Even though the Mandarin cut of V3 was later released in Lebanon, we know that the English export poster was not used for its Mandarin release there because the Taiwanese poster was used as the cover of the Lebanese VHS release of the Mandarin cut.
The International Posters
Posters for V3’s Egyptian and Argentinian releases also serve as significant evidence for its English export cut. In the 1970s, It was common in both Egypt and Argentina for East-Asian films to play in their English export cuts with subtitles in the main language of what country it was playing in. Although these posters alone do not confirm that the English export cuts played there, It is very likely that they did.
The Five Super Riders is unique in that there are no currently known English export posters for the film. However, the Argentinian and Egyptian posters, as well as the Brazilian lobby cards for the film, could serve as evidence that it too has an English export cut. The same rule of East-Asian films playing with subtitled English export cuts also extended to Israel and Brazil.
The Matthew Oram Miracle
In the German cut of The Super Riders Vs. The Devils, Hong Kong voice actor Matthew Oram can be heard shouting “Super lightning kick! The thunder strike!” during the third fight scene of the film. Although it is only two seconds long, It undoubtedly confirms that the English export cut of The Super Riders Vs. The Devils at least existed at one point in time.
The English dubbed line heard in the German cut of The Super Riders Vs. The Devils: https://youtu.be/VE4gbIA87KY?si=5dQeKMZ1NObJQXdO
A compilation of Matthew Oram’s roles: https://youtu.be/7CU9YqIj0ko?si=oEP3rK6BOAytuaQM
