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.
| Riding Shotgun | |
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| 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 | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 73 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.4 million[1] |
Plot
editStagecoach 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
edit- 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
edit- ^ "1954 Box Office Champs". Variety Weekly. January 5, 1955. p. 59. - figures are rentals in the US and Canada
External links
edit- Riding Shotgun at IMDb
- Riding Shotgun at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Riding Shotgun at the TCM Movie Database
