The Lawless Rider
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Music director Rudy De Saxe Duration Language English | 7.4/10 IMDb Genre Action, Adventure, Romance Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1954 (1954) Cast Johnny Carpenter (Johnny Carpenter / Rod Tatum), Rose Bascom (Texas Rose Bascom (as Texas Rose Bascom)), (Jim Bascom), Douglass Dumbrille (Marshal Brady (as Douglas Dumbrille)), Frank 'Red' Carpenter (Big Red), (Nancy James)Similar movies Blackhat , Gone In Sixty Seconds , The Fighter Mard No. 1 , Shutter Island , Jeepers Creepers , Trade Tagline THE ACTION WESTERN THAT REACHES THE HEIGHT OF DOUBLE-BARRELED EXCITEMENT |
A marshals (Douglas Dumbrille) deputy (Johnny Carpenter) catches outlaws and flirts with a trick-rope artist.
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The Lawless Rider is a 1954 American western black and white film directed by Yakima Canutt, starring Johnny Carpenter, Texas Rose Bascom and Frankie Darro, and marketed by United Artists.

Johnny Carpenter plays a taciturn sheriff who disguises himself as a notorious gunslinger. His mission: to stem a series of violent raids on local cattle ranchers.
Plot
The Bascom Ranch, owned by Texas Rose Bascom, is targeted by an outlaw gang with the intent to steal cattle off the ranch. Outlaw Freno Frost runs the rustling gang. One of the gang members is Jim Bascom, Texas Rose Bascoms wayward brother. When she discovers that her brother is running with the outlaws, she seeks help from the law. Sheriff Brown is unable or unwilling to help, so Texas Rose asks her boyfriend, U.S. Marshall Johnny Carpenter, to come to her aid. Johnny Carpenter shows up in town, in disguise, and impersonates the gunslinger Rod Tatum in order to infiltrate the outlaw gang. Texas Rose Bascom performs her fancy trick roping act for the townfolk, but ruffians interrupt the event. Confusion follows when the real Rod Tatum and the impersonator meet on the street.
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Producers
Production history
The film was financed by a group of Mormons. The original budget was $20,000 but it went over budget. There were legal troubles which meant the film took two years to be released. Samuel Z. Arkoff was involved in negotiations to get the film out, and it was during this that he met producer Alex Gordon who would go on to make several movies with Arkoff. Gordons friend Ed Wood worked on the movie.
References
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