''Trail Riders'' is a 1942 American
Western
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film directed by
Robert Emmett Tansey
Robert Emmett Tansey (June 28, 1897 – June 17, 1951) was an American actor, screenwriter, film producer and director. He was active in cinema in various roles from the 1910s to the 1950s. He was credited under at least 15 pseudonyms, such as Ch ...
. The film is the eighteenth in
Monogram Pictures
Monogram Pictures Corporation was an American film studio that produced mostly low-budget films between 1931 and 1953, when the firm completed a transition to the name Allied Artists Pictures Corporation. Monogram was among the smaller studios i ...
' "
Range Busters" series, and it stars
John "Dusty" King as Dusty,
"Davy" Sharpe and
Max "Alibi" Terhune, with
Evelyn Finley,
Forrest Taylor
Edwin Forrest Taylor (December 29, 1883 – February 19, 1965) was an American character actor whose artistic career spanned six different decades, from Silent film, silents through Sound film, talkies to the advent of Color motion picture fil ...
and
Charles King.
The film is also known as ''Dead Men Don't Ride'' (American pre-release title).
Plot
Cast
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John Dusty King as Dusty King
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David Sharpe as Davy Sharpe
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Max Terhune
Max Terhune (February 12, 1891 – June 5, 1973) was an American actor. He appeared in nearly 70 films, mostly B-westerns, between 1936 and 1956. Among these, Terhune starred in '' The Three Mesquiteers'' and '' Range Busters'' series.
B ...
as Alibi Terhune
*Elmer as Elmer, Alibi's Dummy
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Evelyn Finley as Mary Rand
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Forrest Taylor
Edwin Forrest Taylor (December 29, 1883 – February 19, 1965) was an American character actor whose artistic career spanned six different decades, from Silent film, silents through Sound film, talkies to the advent of Color motion picture fil ...
as Mike Rand
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Charles King as Ed Cole
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Kermit Maynard
Kermit Maynard (September 20, 1897 – January 16, 1971) was an American actor and stuntman. He appeared in 280 films between 1927 and 1962.
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Born in Vevay, Indiana, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Maynard and a lookalike ...
as Henchman Ace Alton
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Lynton Brent
Lynton Wright Brent (August 2, 1897 – July 2, 1981) was an American film actor and a writer. He appeared in over 240 films between 1930 and 1950.
Brent is best known for his prolific work with Columbia Pictures in the Three Stooges shor ...
as Jeff Rand
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Jack Curtis as Ranch Hand Tiny
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Steve Clark
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as Marshal Jim Hammond
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Kenne Duncan
Kenne Duncan (February 17, 1903 – February 5, 1972) was a Canadian-born American B-movie character actor. Hyped professionally as "The Meanest Man in the Movies," the vast majority of his over 250 appearances on camera were Westerns, but ...
as Marshal Frank Hammond
See also
The Range Busters series:
* ''
The Range Busters
''The Range Busters'' is a 1940 American Western (genre), Western film directed by S. Roy Luby and written by John Rathmell. The film is the first in Monogram Pictures' "Range Busters" series, and it stars Ray "Crash" Corrigan as Crash, John 'D ...
'' (1940)
* ''
Trailing Double Trouble'' (1940)
* ''
West of Pinto Basin'' (1940)
* ''
Trail of the Silver Spurs
''Trail of the Silver Spurs'' is a 1941 American Western film directed by S. Roy Luby and written by Earle Snell. The film is the fourth in Monogram Pictures' " Range Busters" series, and it stars Ray "Crash" Corrigan as Crash, John "Dusty" K ...
'' (1941)
* ''
The Kid's Last Ride
''The Kid's Last Ride'' is a 1941 American western film directed by S. Roy Luby and written by Earle Snell. The film is the fifth in Monogram Pictures' " Range Busters" series, and it stars Ray "Crash" Corrigan as Crash, John "Dusty" King as ...
'' (1941)
* ''
Tumbledown Ranch in Arizona
''Tumbledown Ranch in Arizona'' is a 1941 American western film directed by S. Roy Luby and written by Milton Raison. The film is the sixth in Monogram Pictures' " Range Busters" series, and it stars Ray "Crash" Corrigan as Crash, John "Dusty ...
'' (1941)
* ''
Wrangler's Roost
''Wrangler's Roost'' is a 1941 American western film directed by S. Roy Luby and written by John Vlahos and Robert Finkle. The film is the seventh in Monogram Pictures' " Range Busters" series, and it stars Ray "Crash" Corrigan as Crash, Joh ...
'' (1941)
* ''
Fugitive Valley
''Fugitive Valley'' is a 1941 American Western film directed by S. Roy Luby. The film is the eighth in Monogram Pictures' " Range Busters" series, and it stars Ray "Crash" Corrigan as Crash, John "Dusty" King as Dusty and Max "Alibi" Terhune ...
'' (1941)
* ''
Saddle Mountain Roundup
''Saddle Mountain Roundup'' is a 1941 American western film directed by S. Roy Luby. The film is the ninth in Monogram Pictures' " Range Busters" series, and it stars Ray "Crash" Corrigan as Crash, John "Dusty" King as Dusty and Max "Alibi" ...
'' (1941)
* ''
Tonto Basin Outlaws
''Tonto Basin Outlaws'' is a 1941 American western film directed by S. Roy Luby. The film is the tenth in Monogram Pictures' " Range Busters" series, and it stars Ray "Crash" Corrigan as Crash, John "Dusty" King as Dusty and Max "Alibi" Terhu ...
'' (1941)
* ''
Underground Rustlers
''Underground Rustlers'' is a 1941 American Western film directed by S. Roy Luby. The film is the eleventh in Monogram Pictures' " Range Busters" series, and it stars Ray "Crash" Corrigan as Crash, John "Dusty" King as Dusty and Max "Alib ...
'' (1941)
* ''
Thunder River Feud
''Thunder River Feud'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by S. Roy Luby and written by John Vlahos and Earle Snell. The film is the twelfth in Monogram Pictures' " Range Busters" series, and it stars Ray "Crash" Corrigan as Crash, John ...
'' (1942)
* ''
Rock River Renegades
''Rock River Renegades'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by S. Roy Luby. The film is the thirteenth in Monogram Pictures' " Range Busters" series, and it stars Ray "Crash" Corrigan as Crash, John "Dusty" King as Dusty and Max "Alibi ...
'' (1942)
* ''
Boot Hill Bandits'' (1942)
* ''
Texas Trouble Shooters
''Texas Trouble Shooters'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by S. Roy Luby and written by Arthur Hoerl. The film is the fifteenth in Monogram Pictures' " Range Busters" series, and it stars Ray "Crash" Corrigan as Crash, John "Dusty" ...
'' (1942)
* ''
Arizona Stage Coach'' (1942)
* ''
Texas to Bataan
''Texas to Bataan'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by Robert Emmett Tansey. The film is the seventeenth in Monogram Pictures' " Range Busters" series, and it stars John "Dusty" King as Dusty, "Davy" Sharpe and Max "Alibi" Terhune, ...
'' (1942)
* ''Trail Riders'' (1942)
* ''
Two Fisted Justice'' (1943)
* ''
Haunted Ranch'' (1943)
* ''
Land of Hunted Men'' (1943)
* ''
Cowboy Commandos'' (1943)
* ''
Black Market Rustlers'' (1943)
* ''
Bullets and Saddles
''Bullets and Saddles'' is a 1943 American Western film produced by Monogram Pictures Corporation shot at Corriganville. The film is the twenty-fourth and final entry in Monogram Pictures' " Range Busters" series, and it stars Ray "Crash" Corri ...
'' (1943)
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