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The Lone Rider Rides On
The Lone Rider Rides On
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sam Newfield
Screenplay by	Joseph O'Donnell
Produced by	Sigmund Neufeld
Starring	George Houston; Al St. John; Hillary Brooke; Karl Hackett; Lee Powell; Forrest Taylor
Cinematography	Jack Greenhalgh
Edited by	Holbrook N. Todd
Production; company	Sigmund Neufeld Productions
Distributed by	Producers Releasing Corporation
Release date	January 10, 1941;
Running time	61 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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The Lone Rider Rides On is a 1941 American western film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Joseph O'Donnell. The film stars George Houston as the Lone Rider and Al St. John as his sidekick "Fuzzy" Jones, with Hillary Brooke, Karl Hackett, Lee Powell and Forrest Taylor. The film was released on January 10, 1941, by Producers Releasing Corporation.^[1]^[2]^[3]

It is the first film in the 1941-1943 Lone Rider series, which spanned 17 movies — eleven starring George Houston, and a further six starring Robert Livingston. Houston was replaced in 1942 with Overland Stagecoach.^[3]

The series also starred Al St. John as the Lone Rider's sidekick, "Fuzzy" Jones, who appeared in all seventeen films. At the same time that he appeared in the "Lone Rider" films, St. John was also playing the same character as Billy the Kid's sidekick in PRC's "Billy the Kid" series, which ran from 1940-1946.^[4]

Houston, once an opera singer, sang three songs in this film: the theme "I'm the Lone Lone Rider," "Roll Along Prairie Wagon," and "Nobody's Fault But My Own." The songs were written by Johnny Lange and Lew Porter.^[2]

The working title of the film was The Lone Rider Galloping for Glory.^[3] This film was later released on DVD as Rider of the Plains.

Plot

Young Tom Cameron's family is killed while trying to reach their new land in Miracle Valley. As a grown man, Tom is a solitary vigilante, hoping to track down his family's killers. He finds another murdered man with a bill of sale to the same plot of land, and tracks the killers to the town of Flat Rock. Befriending a storekeeper, "Fuzzy" Q. Jones, Tom learns that a gang has been selling the same land to people for years, slaying them on their journey. Tom discovers that one of the gang members, Curly, is actually his brother Jimmy, who he thought was killed. With the help of Fuzzy and rancher Sue Brown, Tom kidnaps the gang's leader and rounds up the gang. In the end, Curly takes a bullet for Tom, dying heroically. Fuzzy wants Tom to be the new mayor of Flat Rock, but Tom chooses to remain a Lone Rider.

Cast

George Houston as Tom Cameron, the Lone Rider
Al St. John as Fuzzy Jones
Hillary Brooke as Sue Brown
Karl Hackett as Judge Graham
Lee Powell as Curly Robbins
Forrest Taylor as Sheriff
Frank Hagney as Frank Mitchell
Jay Wilsey as Bill
Frank Ellis as Pete
Curly Dresden as Jerry
Buddy Roosevelt as Joe
Alan Bridge as Bob Cameron
Isabelle LaMal as Ma Cameron
Harry Harvey Jr. as Jim
Robert Winkler as Young Tom
Don Forrest as Eddie
Bob Kortman as Henchman

Theme song

The Lone Rider's theme song, "I'm the Lone Lone Rider", debuts in this first chapter of the series, sung by George Houston.

The lyrics begin:^[4]

I'm the Lone Rider on the great divide

All alone roaming far and wide

When a helping hand is needed, I am ready without fail

I'm the Lone Rider, on the trail ...

Film series

The Lone Rider films starring George Houston:

The Lone Rider Rides On (1941)
The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio (1941)
The Lone Rider in Ghost Town (1941)
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury (1941)
The Lone Rider Ambushed (1941)
The Lone Rider Fights Back (1941)
The Lone Rider and the Bandit (1942)
The Lone Rider in Cheyenne (1942)
The Lone Rider in Texas Justice (1942)
Border Roundup (1942)
Outlaws of Boulder Pass (1942)

starring Robert Livingston:

References

^ "The Lone Rider Rides On (1941) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Hans J. Wollstein. "The Lone Rider Rides On (1941) - Sam Newfield". AllMovie. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "The Lone Rider Rides On". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Anderson, Chuck. "PRC's Lone Rider Series". The Old Corral. Retrieved January 19, 2020.

External links

The Lone Rider Rides On at IMDb

[1] "The Lone Rider Rides On (1941) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved January 8, 2020.

[allmovie-2] Hans J. Wollstein. "The Lone Rider Rides On (1941) - Sam Newfield". AllMovie. Retrieved January 8, 2020.

[afi-3] "The Lone Rider Rides On". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved January 8, 2020.

[Corral-4] Anderson, Chuck. "PRC's Lone Rider Series". The Old Corral. Retrieved January 19, 2020.

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+'''''The Lone Rider Rides On''''' is a 1941 American [[Western (genre)|western film]] directed by [[Sam Newfield]] and written by Joseph O'Donnell. The film stars [[George Houston (actor)|George Houston]] as the Lone Rider and [[Al St. John]] as his sidekick "Fuzzy" Jones, with [[Hillary Brooke]], [[Karl Hackett]], [[Lee Powell (actor)|Lee Powell]] and [[Forrest Taylor]]. The film was released on January 10, 1941, by [[Producers Releasing Corporation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/496106/The-Lone-Rider-Rides-On/ |title=The Lone Rider Rides On (1941) - Overview |publisher=TCM.com |access-date=2020-01-08}}</ref><ref name=allmovie>{{cite web|author=Hans J. Wollstein |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-lone-rider-rides-on-v100014 |title=The Lone Rider Rides On (1941) - Sam Newfield |publisher=AllMovie |access-date=2020-01-08}}</ref><ref name=afi>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/27022-THE-LONERIDERRIDESON |title=The Lone Rider Rides On |publisher=Catalog.afi.com |access-date=2020-01-08}}</ref>
+It is the first film in the 1941-1943 ''Lone Rider'' series, which spanned 17 movies — eleven starring George Houston, and a further six starring [[Robert Livingston (actor)|Robert Livingston]]. Houston was replaced in 1942 with ''[[Overland Stagecoach]]''.<ref name=afi />
-'''''The Lone Rider Rides On''''' is a 1941 American [[Western (genre)|Western]] film directed by [[Sam Newfield]] and written by Joseph O'Donnell. The film stars [[George Houston (actor)|George Houston]] as the Lone Rider and [[Al St. John]] as his sidekick "Fuzzy" Jones, with [[Hillary Brooke]], [[Karl Hackett]], [[Lee Powell (actor)|Lee Powell]] and [[Forrest Taylor]]. The film was released on January 10, 1941, by [[Producers Releasing Corporation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/496106/The-Lone-Rider-Rides-On/ |title=The Lone Rider Rides On (1941) - Overview |publisher=TCM.com |date= |accessdate=2020-01-08}}</ref><ref name=allmovie>{{cite web|author=Hans J. Wollstein |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-lone-rider-rides-on-v100014 |title=The Lone Rider Rides On (1941) - Sam Newfield |publisher=AllMovie |date= |accessdate=2020-01-08}}</ref><ref name=afi>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/27022-THE-LONERIDERRIDESON |title=The Lone Rider Rides On |publisher=Catalog.afi.com |date= |accessdate=2020-01-08}}</ref>
+The series also starred Al St. John as the Lone Rider's sidekick, "Fuzzy" Jones, who appeared in all seventeen films. At the same time that he appeared in the "Lone Rider" films, St. John was also playing the same character as Billy the Kid's sidekick in PRC's "[[Billy the Kid (film series)|Billy the Kid]]" series, which ran from 1940-1946.<ref name=Corral>{{cite web |last1=Anderson |first1=Chuck |title=PRC's Lone Rider Series |url=http://www.b-westerns.com/lrider.htm |website=The Old Corral |access-date=19 January 2020}}</ref>
-It is the first film in the 1941-1943 "Lone Rider" series, which spanned 17 movies — eleven starring George Houston, and a further six starring [[Robert Livingston (actor)|Robert Livingston]]. Houston was replaced in 1942 with ''[[Overland Stagecoach]]''.<ref name=afi />
+Houston, once an opera singer, sang three songs in this film: the theme "I'm the Lone Lone Rider," "Roll Along Prairie Wagon," and "Nobody's Fault But My Own." The songs were written by [[Johnny Lange]] and [[Lew Porter]].<ref name=allmovie />
-The series also starred Al St. John as the Lone Rider's sidekick, "Fuzzy" Jones, who appeared in all seventeen films. At the same time that he was appearing in the "Lone Rider" films, St. John was also playing the same character as Billy the Kid's sidekick in PRC's "[[Billy the Kid (film series)|Billy the Kid]]" series, which ran from 1940-1946.<ref name=Corral>{{cite web |last1=Anderson |first1=Chuck |title=PRC's Lone Rider Series |url=http://www.b-westerns.com/lrider.htm |website=The Old Corral |accessdate=19 January 2020}}</ref>
+The working title of the film was ''The Lone Rider Galloping for Glory''.<ref name=afi />  This film was later released on DVD as ''Rider of the Plains''.
-Houston, once an opera singer, sang three songs in this film: the theme "I'm the Lone Lone Rider", "Roll Along Prairie Wagon" and "Nobody's Fault But My Own". The songs were written by [[Johnny Lange]] and [[Lew Porter]].<ref name=allmovie />
-The working title of the film was ''The Lone Rider Galloping for Glory''.<ref name=afi />
 ==Plot==
 Young Tom Cameron's family is killed while trying to reach their new land in Miracle Valley. As a grown man, Tom is a solitary vigilante, hoping to track down his family's killers. He finds another murdered man with a bill of sale to the same plot of land, and tracks the killers to the town of Flat Rock. Befriending a storekeeper, "Fuzzy" Q. Jones, Tom learns that a gang has been selling the same land to people for years, slaying them on their journey. Tom discovers that one of the gang members, Curly, is actually his brother Jimmy, who he thought was killed. With the help of Fuzzy and rancher Sue Brown, Tom kidnaps the gang's leader and rounds up the gang. In the end, Curly takes a bullet for Tom, dying heroically. Fuzzy wants Tom to be the new mayor of Flat Rock, but Tom chooses to remain a Lone Rider.
-==Theme song==
-The Lone Rider's theme song, "I'm the Lone Lone Rider", debuts in this first chapter of the series, sung by George Houston.
-The lyrics begin:<ref name=Corral/>
-:I'm the Lone Rider on the great divide
-:All alone roaming far and wide
-:When a helping hand is needed, I am ready without fail
-:I'm the Lone Rider, on the trail ...
 ==Cast==
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 * [[Bob Kortman]] as Henchman
-==See also==
+==Theme song==
-The "Lone Rider" films starring George Houston:
+The Lone Rider's theme song, "I'm the Lone Lone Rider", debuts in this first chapter of the series, sung by George Houston.
-* ''[[The Lone Rider Rides On]]'' (1941)
+The lyrics begin:<ref name=Corral/>
+:I'm the Lone Rider on the great divide
+:All alone roaming far and wide
+:When a helping hand is needed, I am ready without fail
+:I'm the Lone Rider, on the trail ...
+==Film series==
+The ''Lone Rider'' films starring George Houston:
+* ''The Lone Rider Rides On'' (1941)
 * ''[[The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio]]'' (1941)
 * ''[[The Lone Rider in Ghost Town]]'' (1941)
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-[[Category:American films]]
-[[Category:English-language films]]
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 [[Category:1941 Western (genre) films]]
 [[Category:Producers Releasing Corporation films]]
 [[Category:Films directed by Sam Newfield]]
+[[Category:1940s English-language films]]
+[[Category:1940s American films]]
+[[Category:English-language Western (genre) films]]

v t e Films directed by Sam Newfield
1930s	The Important Witness (1933) Big Time or Bust (1933) Reform Girl (1933) Under Secret Orders (1933) Undercover Men (1934) Beggar's Holiday (1934) Marrying Widows (1934) Northern Frontier (1935) The Code of the Mounted (1935) Branded a Coward (1935) Trails of the Wild (1935) Bulldog Courage (1935) Racing Luck (1935) Roarin' Guns (1936) Border Caballero (1936) The Lion's Den (1936) Federal Agent (1936) Lightnin' Bill Carson (1936) Ghost Patrol (1936) Burning Gold (1936) Aces and Eights (1936) Go-Get-'Em, Haines (1936) The Traitor (1936) Roarin' Lead (1936) Stormy Trails (1936) The Gambling Terror (1937) Lightnin' Crandall (1937) Trail of Vengeance (1937) Melody of the Plains (1937) Bar-Z Bad Men (1937) Guns in the Dark (1937) Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin (1937) A Lawman Is Born (1937) Doomed at Sundown (1937) Boothill Brigade (1937) Ridin' the Lone Trail (1937) The Fighting Deputy (1937) Arizona Gunfighter (1937) Moonlight on the Range (1937) The Fighting Deputy (1937) The Colorado Kid (1937) Harlem on the Prairie (1937) Paroled – To Die (1938) The Rangers' Round-Up (1938) Thunder in the Desert (1938) Code of the Rangers (1938) The Feud Maker (1938) Phantom Ranger (1938) Knight of the Plains (1938) Songs and Bullets (1938) Gunsmoke Trail (1938) Desert Patrol (1938) Durango Valley Raiders (1938) Frontier Scout (1938) Lightning Carson Rides Again (1938) Six-Gun Trail (1938) Six-Gun Rhythm (1938) Crashing Through Danger (1938) The Terror of Tiny Town (1938) Trigger Pals (1939) Code of the Cactus (1939) Texas Wildcats (1939) Outlaws' Paradise (1939) Straight Shooter (1939) The Fighting Renegade (1939) Hitler – Beast of Berlin (1939) Trigger Fingers (1939) Flaming Lead (1939) The Invisible Killer (1939) Fighting Mad (1939) Death Rides the Range (1939)
1940s	Texas Renegades (1940) The Sagebrush Family Trails West (1940) Marked Men (1940) I Take This Oath (1940) Gun Code (1940) Hold That Woman! (1940) Frontier Crusader (1940) Arizona Gang Busters (1940) Secrets of a Model (1940) Billy the Kid in Texas (1940) Riders of Black Mountain (1940) Billy the Kid Outlawed (1940) Billy the Kid's Gun Justice (1940) Outlaws of the Rio Grande (1941) The Lone Rider Rides On (1941) The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio (1941) The Lone Rider in Ghost Town (1941) The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury (1941) The Lone Rider Ambushed (1941) The Lone Rider Fights Back (1941) Billy the Kid's Fighting Pals (1941) Billy the Kid Wanted (1941) Billy the Kid in Santa Fe (1941) The Texas Marshal (1941) Billy the Kid's Range War (1941) Billy the Kid's Round-Up (1941) The Lone Rider and the Bandit (1942) Raiders of the West (1942) The Lone Rider in Cheyenne (1942) Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns (1942) The Lone Rider in Texas Justice (1942) Jungle Siren (1942) Law and Order (1942) Sheriff of Sage Valley (1942) Prairie Pals (1942) Border Roundup (1942) Outlaws of Boulder Pass (1942) Overland Stagecoach (1942) Billy the Kid Trapped (1942) Rolling Down the Great Divide (1942) The Mad Monster (1942) Along the Sundown Trail (1942) The Mysterious Rider (1942) Queen of Broadway (1942) Outlaws of Boulder Pass (1942) The Kid Rides Again (1943) Dead Men Walk (1943) Wild Horse Rustlers (1943) Fugitive of the Plains (1943) Death Rides the Plains (1943) Western Cyclone (1943) The Black Raven (1943) Wolves of the Range (1943) Cattle Stampede (1943) Law of the Saddle (1943) Raiders of Red Gap (1943) Danger! Women at Work (1943) Blazing Frontier (1943) Tiger Fangs (1943) Devil Riders (1943) Harvest Melody (1943) Nabonga (1944) Frontier Outlaws (1944) Thundering Gun Slingers (1944) The Monster Maker (1944) Valley of Vengeance (1944) The Contender (1944) The Drifter (1944) Fuzzy Settles Down (1944) I Accuse My Parents (1944) Swing Hostess (1944) Wild Horse Phantom (1944) Oath of Vengeance (1944) His Brother's Ghost (1945) The Kid Sister (1945) The Lady Confesses (1945) Gangster's Den (1945) Stagecoach Outlaws (1945) Apology for Murder (1945) White Pongo (1945) Border Badmen (1945) Fighting Bill Carson (1945) Prairie Rustlers (1945) Rustlers' Hideout (1945) Shadows of Death (1945) Lightning Raiders (1946) Outlaws of the Plains (1946) The Flying Serpent (1946) Murder Is My Business (1946) Gentlemen with Guns (1946) Terrors on Horseback (1946) Ghost of Hidden Valley (1946) Blonde for a Day (1946) Larceny in Her Heart (1946) Prairie Badmen (1946) Queen of Burlesque (1946) Overland Riders (1946) Gas House Kids (1946) Lady Chaser (1946) Three on a Ticket (1947) Adventure Island (1947) Jungle Flight (1947) Money Madness (1948) Lady at Midnight (1948) The Strange Mrs. Crane (1948) The Counterfeiters (1948) Miraculous Journey (1948) She Shoulda Said No! (1949) State Department: File 649 (1949)
1950s	Motor Patrol (1950) Hi-Jacked (1950) Radar Secret Service (1950) Western Pacific Agent (1950) Three Desperate Men (1951) Mask of the Dragon (1951) Skipalong Rosenbloom (1951) Lost Continent (1951) Leave It to the Marines (1951) Sky High (1951) Fingerprints Don't Lie (1951) Outlaw Women (1952) Lady in the Fog (1952) The Gambler and the Lady (1952) The Wild Dakotas (1956) Frontier Gambler (1956) The Three Outlaws (1956) Last of the Desperados (1956) Wolf Dog (1958) Flaming Frontier (1958)