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GenreAction, Adventure, Romance ScreenplayJohnny Carpenter CountryUnited States
Release date1954 (1954) WriterJohnny Carpenter (story), Johnny Carpenter (screenplay) CastJohnny Carpenter (Johnny Carpenter / Rod Tatum), Rose Bascom (Texas Rose Bascom (as Texas Rose Bascom)), Frankie Darro (Jim Bascom), Douglass Dumbrille (Marshal Brady (as Douglas Dumbrille)), Frank 'Red' Carpenter (Big Red), Noel Neill (Nancy James) Similar moviesBlackhat, Gone In Sixty Seconds, The Fighter Mard No. 1, Shutter Island, Jeepers Creepers, Trade TaglineTHE 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.
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.
Cast
Dale Barrell as The Kid
Earl W. Bascom as an outlaw
Texas Rose Bascom as Texas Rose Bascom
Weldon Bascom as Sheriff Brown
Shirley Belger as Sis
Bob Burns as a rancher
Hank Caldwell as leader of the Saddle Kings Band
Roy Canada as Andy
Tap Canutt as Young Marshall
Frank "Red" Carpenter as Big Red
Johnny Carpenter as Johnny Carpenter and Rod Tatum
Fred Carson as Snake Eyes
Bill Chaney as Bill
Bill Coontz as Red Rock
Frankie Darro as Jim Bascom
Johnny Dew as Carson
Douglass Dumbrille as Marshall Brady
Kenne Duncan as Freno Frost
Leonard P. Geer as Jack
Ray Morgan as Scar
Noel Neill as Nancy James
Bud Osborne as Tulsa
Blackie Pickerel as Raven
Lou Roberson as Black Jack Ketchum
Frank Robbins as Larrabie
Lennie Smith as Lennie
Ted Smith as Ted
Tommy Thomas as a blacksmith
Sound track
Thinking of You, sung by Texas Rose Bascom
Stunts
Weldon Bascom
Tap Canutt
Yakima Canutt, director
Frank "Red" Carpenter
Fred Carson
Bill Coontz
Other credits and crew members
Rudy DeSaxe, music
William C. Thompson, director of cinematography
Carlo Lodato, film editing
Micky Meyers, costume design
Bud Sweeney, makeup artist
Willard Kirkham, assistant director
Glen Glenn, sound
Fred Grossi, still photography
John C. Fuller, editor
George N. Brown, transportation
Winifred Gibson, script supervisor
Sam Tilden, public relations
Producers
Alex Gordon, executive producer
Johnny Carpenter, producer
Weldon Bascom, associate producer
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.
