

Riders of the West
1942-08-21 · 58 min · ★ 6.5
Ma Turner of Red Bluff sends for U.S.Marshal Buck Roberts to investigate a series of wide-spread rustling in the area. Town banker Miller, saloon-owner Duke Mason and the crooked sheriff are in cahoots with rancher John Holt, but they double-cross and kill him. His son Steve witnesses the murder and kills the sheriff. Buck arrives and arrests Steve. Marshal Tim McCall, posing as an outlaw, gains the confidence of the gang and engineers the escape, with Buck's knowledge, of Steve from the jail. Sandy Hopkins, the third Marshal of the trio, poses as a peddler and learns that the gang intends to do away with Buck and rides to the Turner ranch to warn him. Red, a Turner ranch hand but also a member of the gang, overhears Buck telling Ma that Tim is really a U.S. Marshal, and he has Miller and Mason informed. Written by Les Adams
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- Directors
- Howard Bretherton
- Production companies
- Monogram Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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Buck JonesMarshal Buck Roberts
Tim McCoyMarshal Tim McCall
Raymond HattonMarshal Sandy Hopkins
Sarah PaddenMa Turner
Walter McGrailMiller, the Banker
Harry WoodsDuke Mason
Dennis MooreSteve Holt
Christine McIntyreHope Turner
Milburn MoranteJoe, the Storekeeper (as Milt Morante)
Charles KingHenchman Hogan
Tom LondonSlim - Lanky Henchman
Bud OsborneRed - Crooked Ranchhand
Edward Peil Sr.Investigator Jim Dodge
Robert FrazerJohn Holt
Lee PhelpsThe Sheriff-Conspirator
Dick DickinsonRancher Cliff
Lynton BrentHenchman Roy
George MorrellRancher
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