The Mysterious Rider (1938)

Directed by

Lesley Selander

Genre

Western film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 14m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A notorious outlaw returns to his old ranch in disguise as a ranch hand. He waits for a chance to expose the men who framed him for murder and stole his ranch years ago.

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What happens

The Mysterious Rider is a 1938 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and starring Douglass Dumbrille, Sidney Toler, and Russell Hayden. Written by Maurice Geraghty based on the 1921 novel The Mysterious Rider by Zane Grey, the film is about a notorious outlaw who returns to the ranch he once owned and takes a job disguised as a ranch hand. Unrecognized by the ranch's current owner, he waits patiently for an opportunity to expose the men who murdered his partner twenty years ago, framed him for the crime, and then stole his ranch. A previous adaptation of the story was released as a silent film in 1921, and the film was later released for television in the United States as Mark of the Avenger. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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