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Sundown Riders
“As great as the great outdoors!”
8.0 / 10• 1944• 56m•NR• English
Western
Storyline
This film was produced and released in 1944 by Film Enterprises for the 16mm school-and-institutional market, and was picked up and released in 1948 by Astor for theatrical 35mm showings. Both versions finds the citizens of Rockford upset over a series of murders and robberies. The Sundowners - Andy Clyde, Jay Kirby and Russ Wade - ride into Rockford and innocently takes jobs with Tug Wilson and his tough crew of line riders, who are in cahoots with Yeager in a big land swindle scheme.
Cast & Crew
Russell Wade
Russ Wade
Lead
Jay Kirby
Jay Kirby
Andy Clyde
Andy
Evelyn Finley
Donna Frazier
Jack Ingram
Tug Wilson
Marshall Reed
Ranger Bob Casey
Hal Price
Yeager
Steve Clark
John Frazier
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Lambert Hillyer's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Sundown Riders is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
