The Lone Rider Ambushed

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.[1][2][3]

The Lone Rider Ambushed
Directed bySam Newfield
Produced bySigmund Neufeld
Screenplay byOliver Drake
StarringGeorge Houston
Al St. John
Maxine Leslie
Frank Hagney
Jack Ingram
Hal Price
CinematographyJack Greenhalgh
Edited byHolbrook N. Todd
Production
company
Sigmund Neufeld Productions
Distributed byProducers Releasing Corporation
Release date
  • August 29, 1941 (1941-08-29)
Running time
63 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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.[3] 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.

Plot

Tom Cameron, the Lone Rider, pretends to be an outlaw named Keno -- a task made easier due to the fact that Tom looks exactly like the outlaw. He pretends to be the outlaw in order to find Keno's accomplices, and recover a large sum of stolen money from Keno's last heist. Unfortunately for the Lone Rider, one of the outlaw's buddies, Blackie Dawson, begins to suspect Tom is not who he claims to be.[4][5]

Cast

See also

The "Lone Rider" films starring George Houston:

starring Robert Livingston:

References
  1. "The Lone Rider Ambushed (1941) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
  2. Hal Erickson. "The Lone Rider Ambushed (1941) - Sam Newfield". AllMovie. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
  3. "The Lone Rider Ambushed". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
  4. The Lone Rider Ambushed, retrieved 2020-01-05
  5. "The Lone Rider Ambushed (1941)". BFI. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
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