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Night Riders of Montana (1951)

1951 · Feature film · 60 min · dir. Fred C. Brannon

ACTION-SUSPENSE-SMASH THRILLS

  • Action
  • Western

Synopsis

After being hit by rustlers, a group of Montana ranchers asks the governor to send state rangers for protection. State Ranger Rocky Lane becomes involved in a mystery surrounding a gang of horse rustlers and a young rancher who is blamed falsely for a killing. Lane helps uncover the real killers and unmasks the ringleader of the rustlers.

Synopsis from TMDb

Details

Director
Fred C. Brannon
Writer
M. Coates Webster
Composer
Stanley Wilson
Cinematography
John MacBurnie
Studio
Republic Pictures
Released
1951-02-28
Running time
60 minutes

Cast & crew

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★ · Allan Lane Take Him or Leave Him · Poohbah70 · 2019-12-09

Allan Lane rides back and forth, thinks a bit and runs down some nasty horse rustlers. Lane's handsome and no great actor - he can ride a horse, fight and is quick on the draw - that covers it for personality. Myron Healey (Steve Bauer( is the center of attention with a decent performance as a conflicted horse rancher who everyone thinks is a killer and gets sucked in by the deceitful bad guy. Claudia Berrett os okay as the obligatory beauty in this western. IMDb tell us she had a longish career between 1949-64 appearing in 70 films and 1 more in 2019. Arthur Space (Roger Brandon) is the oily…

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