The Lone Rider Rides On
| The Lone Rider Rides On | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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Running time | 61 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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, Al St. John, 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, but Al St. John continued as the Lone Rider's sidekick, Fuzzy Jones.[3]
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]
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
See also
George Houston's "Lone Rider" films:
- 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)
- Texas Justice (1942)
- Border Roundup (1942)
- Outlaws of Boulder Pass (1942)
References
- ^ "The Lone Rider Rides On (1941) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
- ^ a b Hans J. Wollstein. "The Lone Rider Rides On (1941) - Sam Newfield". AllMovie. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
- ^ a b c "The Lone Rider Rides On". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 2020-01-08.