''Riding Shotgun'' is a 1954 American

western film The Western is a film genre defined by the American Film Institute as films which are "set in the American West that mbodythe spirit, the struggle, and the demise of the new frontier." Generally set in the American frontier between the Calif ...

directed by

Andre de Toth Endre Antal Miksa de Toth, known as Andre de Toth (; May 15, 1913 – October 27, 2002), was a Hungarian-American film director, born and raised in Makó, Austria-Hungary. He directed the 3D film House of Wax (1953 film), ''House of Wax'' (1 ...

and starring

Randolph Scott George Randolph Scott (January 23, 1898 – March 2, 1987) was an American film actor, whose Hollywood career spanned from 1928 to 1962. As a leading man for all but the first three years of his cinematic career, Scott appeared in dramas, come ...

Wayne Morris Wayne Morris (born Bert DeWayne Morris Jr. February 17, 1914 – September 14, 1959) was an American film and television actor, as well as a decorated World War II fighter ace. He appeared in many films, including '' Paths of Glory'' (1957), ' ...

and Joan Weldon. The film was based on the short story "Riding Solo" by Kenneth Perkins, originally published in the September 1942 issue of '' Blue Book''. The production is unusual in that Scott narrates his inner thoughts at crucial moments in the action.

Plot

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guard Larry Delong is ambushed by a gang of outlaws associated with Dan Marady, the man who murdered his sister and nephew. Delong has been searching for Marady, intending to kill him. When he returns to the town of Deep Water, Delong discovers that nearly everyone there believes he was involved in a holdup of the stage on which he had been the guard. The robbery resulted in the deaths of the stage driver and of the man who sat in for Delong. With no one other than Orissa Flynn, his sweetheart, and Doc Winkler heeding his warnings that Marady's men are coming to rob the town, Delong is forced to take refuge in a

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. A lynch mob forms, with deputy Tub Murphy trying to hold them off until the sheriff's posse returns. Marady's men, including an accomplice, Pinto, rob the bank while the townspeople are distracted. Delong escapes through an attic and sabotages the getaway horses of Marady's gang. A shootout results in Marady mistakenly believing, fatally, that Delong is out of bullets.

Cast

as Larry Delong *

as Deputy Sheriff Tub Murphy * Joan Weldon as Orissa Flynn *

Joe Sawyer Joe Sawyer (born Joseph Sauers; August 29, 1906 – April 21, 1982) was a Canadian film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1927 and 1962, and was sometimes billed under his birth name. Early life Sawyer was born August 29, 1 ...

as Tom Biggert * James Millican as Dan Marady * Charles Buchinsky as Pinto * James Bell as Doc Winkler * Fritz Feld as Fritz

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* * * 1954 films 1954 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films Films directed by Andre de Toth Warner Bros. films Films based on short fiction Films scored by David Buttolph 1950s English-language films 1950s American films English-language Western (genre) films {{1950s-US-Western-film-stub