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Riders of the Dawn
“He's a Fightin' Troubador!”
10.0 / 10• 1945• 58m•NR• English
Western
Storyline
Jimmy Wakely and Dusty, traveling with the medicine show owned by "Lasses" White, stop at the Ferguson ranch and find the rancher and his wife killed. They take the Ferguson baby to their camp, where outlaws Joe, Slick and Pete attempt to kidnap the baby, while Dusty is reporting the murders to Sheriff Beasley and town mayor Melinda Pringle. Wakely and his singers hide the baby from its legal guardian, Doc Judd Thomas, as they suspect him of being connected with the Ferguson murders.
Cast & Crew
Jimmy Wakely
Jimmy Wakely
Lead
Lee 'Lasses' White
Lasses White
John James
Dusty Smith
Sarah Padden
Melinda Pringle
Horace Murphy
Sheriff Beasley
Phyllis Adair
Penny Pringle
JB
Jack Baxley
Doc Judd Thomas
A'
Arthur 'Fiddlin' Smith
Arthur Smith - Fiddle Player
What People Are Saying
5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Oliver Drake's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
5.0
“Every frame feels alive. Riders of the Dawn is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
