''El Diablo Rides'' is a 1939 American

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film directed by

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and written by

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. The film stars Bob Steele,

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, Kit Guard,

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, Ted Adams and Robert Walker. The film was released on December 12, 1939, by Metropolitan Pictures Corporation.

Plot

Bob rides into a border town where he runs into trouble with Lambert and his gang. Herb arrests him claiming he is the outlaw El Diablo. But it was just to save him from Lambert's gang and the two now plan to trap the outlaws.

Cast

* Bob Steele as Bob *

as Mary *Kit Guard as Dan *

as Herb Crenshaw * Ted Adams as Buck Lambert * Robert Walker as Frank *Robert Robinson as Sheriff *Hal Carey as Saloon Singer

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0031267, El Diablo Rides 1939 films American Western (genre) films 1939 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films English-language Western (genre) films