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Riding Shotgun
He held a town at bay... to save it!
When a stagecoach guard tries to warn a town of an imminent raid by a band of outlaws, the people mistake him for one of the gang.
- Original title
- Riding Shotgun
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- —
- Revenue
- $1,400,000
John Chard
Apr 20, 2014 · via TMDB
The Deepwater Dimwits. Riding Shotgun is directed by Andre De Toth and adapted to screenplay by Thomas W. Blackburn fro the story “Riding Solo” written by Kenneth Perkins. It stars Randolph Scott, Wayne Morris, Joan Weldon, Joe Sawyer, James Millican, Charles Bronson and James Bell. Music is by David Buttolph and Warnercolor cinematography is by Bert Glennon. Before he would make the Western movies with Budd Boetticher that would define him as a Western movie legend, Randolph Scott worked tirelessly in the genre. He would make 6 films with Ray Enright and 6 with Andre De Toth, all of these are good value for the Western fan. They vary in thematic quality, but production value was always decent and there was always Randy at war with some gruff or poncey bloke, nice location photography and of course some gorgeous ladies as well. That’s enough for genre fans who happily take these movies on their required terms. Anyone else got anything to say? Riding Shotgun has Scott as Larry Delong, a man who spends his time “riding shotgun” as a stagecoach guard. He has an ulterior motive, though, he’s constantly on the look out for a known outlaw, Dan Marady (Millican), and he wants him dead. Sure enough Malady is about the place and Larry falls into a trap and finds things spiralling so out of control, that by the time he manages to get back into town, practically everyone hates him and thinks he’s part of Marady’s murderous gang. Hate makes a man careless. Cue a scenario where Delong, who has been wonderfully providing us with a film noir like narration throughout (love the wry David and Goliath observation), literally has to make a one man stand against the dimwit townsfolk and also Marady and his henchmen who are fronted by twitchy gun Pinto! (Bronson). It clocks in at under 75 minutes, it’s brisk, it has Scott kicking ass big time and it looks lovely (unsurprising with Glennon photographing). Is it flawless? God no! There’s some distinctly below average acting around Scott (Morris/Millican), while Fritz Feld as the Cantina owner (erm, called Fritz) where Delong holes up, is annoying in the extreme. While as radiant and perky as Joan Weldon is, she’s no actress capable of grabbing a scene and shooting electricity through it. But this type of Scott Oater is comfort food to genre fans who once in a while like to down pistols and relax away from the more serious genre fare. 7/10
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Randolph Scott
Larry Delong
Wayne Morris
Deputy Sheriff Tub Murphy
Joan Weldon
Orissa Flynn
Joe Sawyer
Tom Biggert
James Millican
Dan Marady
Charles Bronson
Pinto
James Bell
Doc Winkler
Fritz Feld
Fritz
Richard Garrick
Walters
Vic Perrin
Bar-M Rider with Lynching Rope
John Baer
Deputy Ross Hughes
William Johnstone
Col. Flynn
Nedrick Young
Manning (uncredited)
Leah Baird
Townswoman (uncredited)
Ray Bennett
Townsman (uncredited)
Budd Buster
Townsman (uncredited)
Phil Chambers
Abel (uncredited)
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Townsman (uncredited)
Tex Driscoll
Townsman (uncredited)
Frank Ferguson
Townsman (uncredited)
Carol Henry
Henchman (uncredited)
Harry Hines
Cooky (uncredited)
Marjorie Kane
Townswoman (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey
Townsman (uncredited)
Jack Kenney
Sam (uncredited)
Jack Kenny
Townsman (uncredited)
Mike Lally
Townsman (uncredited)
Cactus Mack
Townsman (uncredited)
Philo McCullough
Townsman (uncredited)
Mira McKinney
Townswoman (uncredited)
Boyd 'Red' Morgan
Henchman (uncredited)
Bud Osborne
Townsman (uncredited)
Jack Perrin
Townsman (uncredited)
Paul Picerni
Bob Purdee (uncredited)
Bob Reeves
Townsman (uncredited)
Buddy Roosevelt
Henry (uncredited)
William Steele
Townsman (uncredited)
Dub Taylor
Eddie (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey
Townsman (uncredited)
Sailor Vincent
Bartender (uncredited)
Bert Glennon
Director of Photography
Boyd 'Red' Morgan
Stunts
Carol Henry
Stunts
Sailor Vincent
Stunts
André de Toth
Director
Rudi Fehr
Editor
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