Underplayed Gems

The Lone Rider Ambushed (1941)

The Lone Rider Ambushed poster
Directed by
Sam Newfield
Genre
Western film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 03m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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A cowboy hero faces a villain who looks just like him. The hero must clear his name while singing a few songs along the way.

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What happens

The Lone Rider Ambushed is a 1941 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Oliver Drake. The film stars George Houston as the Lone Rider and Al St. John as his sidekick "Fuzzy" Jones, with Maxine Leslie, Frank Hagney, Jack Ingram and Hal Price. The film was released on August 29, 1941, by Producers Releasing Corporation. This is the fifth movie in the Lone Rider series, which spans seventeen films—eleven starring George Houston, and a further six starring Robert Livingston. In this film, Houston plays a dual role as both the Lone Rider and the villain, Keno Harris. Houston, once an opera singer, sang three songs in this film: "Without You Darling, Life Wouldn't Be the Same", "Ridin' Roamin' on the Prairie" and "If It Hadn't Been for You". The songs were written by Johnny Lange and Lew Porter. This film was later released on DVD as Trapped in the Badlands. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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