Riding Shotgun (film)

Riding Shotgun
Riding Shotgun
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Andre de Toth
Written by	Thomas W. Blackburn
Based on	story "Riding Solo"; by Kenneth Perkins
Produced by	Ted Sherdeman
Starring	Randolph Scott; Wayne Morris; Joan Weldon
Cinematography	Bert Glennon
Edited by	Rudi Fehr
Music by	David Buttolph
Production; company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	April 1, 1954;
Running time	73 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1.4 million

Riding Shotgun is a 1954 American western film directed by Andre de Toth and starring Randolph Scott, Wayne Morris and Joan Weldon. The film was based on the short story "Riding Solo" by Kenneth Perkins, originally published in the September 1942 issue of Blue Book. The production is unusual in that Scott narrates his inner thoughts at crucial moments in the action.

Plot

Stagecoach guard Larry Delong is ambushed by a gang of outlaws associated with Dan Marady, the man who murdered his sister and nephew. Delong has been searching for Marady, intending to kill him. When he returns to the town of Deep Water, Delong discovers that nearly everyone there believes he was involved in a holdup of the stage on which he had been the guard. The robbery resulted in the deaths of the stage driver and of the man who sat in for Delong.

With no one other than Orissa Flynn, his sweetheart, and Doc Winkler heeding his warnings that Marady's men are coming to rob the town, Delong is forced to take refuge in a cantina. A lynch mob forms, with deputy Tub Murphy trying to hold them off until the sheriff's posse returns.

Marady's men, including an accomplice, Pinto, rob the bank while the townspeople are distracted. Delong escapes through an attic and sabotages the getaway horses of Marady's gang. A shootout results in Marady mistakenly believing, fatally, that Delong is out of bullets.

Cast

Randolph Scott as Larry Delong
Wayne Morris as Deputy Sheriff Tub Murphy
Joan Weldon as Orissa Flynn
Joe Sawyer as Tom Biggert
James Millican as Dan Marady
Charles Buchinsky as Pinto
James Bell as Doc Winkler
Fritz Feld as Fritz

References

^ "1954 Box Office Champs". Variety Weekly. January 5, 1955. p. 59. - figures are rentals in the US and Canada

External links

Riding Shotgun at IMDb
Riding Shotgun at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
Riding Shotgun at AllMovie
Riding Shotgun at the TCM Movie Database

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[box-1] "1954 Box Office Champs". Variety Weekly. January 5, 1955. p. 59. - figures are rentals in the US and Canada

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