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The Lone Rider

The Lone Rider

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The Lone Rider

"Thrilling, Breath-Taking "Western" with screendom's DAREDEVIL COWBOY"

1930

0h 57m

10.0(1 votes)

Western

Overview

An outlaw trying to double-cross his partners-in-crime inadvertently rescues a judge's daughter from them and winds up going straight.

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Columbia Pictures

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Buck Jones

Buck Jones

Jim Lanning

Vera Reynolds

Vera Reynolds

Mary Stevens

Harry Woods

Harry Woods

Ed Farrell

George C. Pearce

George C. Pearce

Judge Stevens

Tom Bay

Henchman Bull

Buck Bucko

Henchman

Roy Bucko

Henchman

Bob Burns

Bob Burns

Henchman

Buck Connors

Buck Connors

Townsman

Jim Corey

Jim Corey

Henchman

Creative team

Directed by: Louis King
Written by: Frank Howard Clark
Produced by: Sol Lesser

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