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Cast
Buck Jones
as Marshal Buck Roberts
Tim McCoy
as Marshal Tim McCall
Raymond Hatton
as Marshal Sandy Hopkins
Sarah Padden
as Ma Turner
Walter McGrail
as Miller, the Banker
Harry Woods
as Duke Mason
Dennis Moore
as Steve Holt
Christine McIntyre
as Hope Turner
Milburn Morante
as Joe, the Storekeeper (as Milt Morante)
Charles King
as Henchman Hogan
Movie Info & Details
Release Year1942
Runtime0h 58m
LanguageEnglish
CertificationNR
GenresWestern
Votes2
DirectorHoward Bretherton
WritersAdele Buffington
TypeFeature Film
Rating6.5 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsRiders of the West
About Riders of the West
Ma Turner of Red Bluff sends for U.S.Marshal Buck Roberts to investigate a series of wide-spread rustling in the area. Town banker Miller, saloon-owner Duke Mason and the crooked sheriff are in cahoots with rancher John Holt, but they double-cross and kill him. His son Steve witnesses the murder and kills the sheriff. Buck arrives and arrests Steve. Marshal Tim McCall, posing as an outlaw, gains the confidence of the gang and engineers the escape, with Buck's knowledge, of Steve from the jail. Sandy Hopkins, the third Marshal of the trio, poses as a peddler and learns that the gang intends to do away with Buck and rides to the Turner ranch to warn him. Red, a Turner ranch hand but also a member of the gang, overhears Buck telling Ma that Tim is really a U.S. Marshal, and he has Miller and Mason informed. Written by Les Adams
Directed by Howard Bretherton, Riders of the West leans on a strong ensemble — Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about western titles of 1942.
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