The Lone Rider Fights Back

The Lone Rider Fights Back is a 1941 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Joseph O'Donnell. The film stars George Houston as the Lone Rider and Al St. John as his sidekick "Fuzzy" Jones, with Dorothy Short, Dennis Moore, Frank Hagney and Charles King. The film was released on December 17, 1941, by Producers Releasing Corporation.[1][2][3]

The Lone Rider Fights Back
Directed bySam Newfield
Produced bySigmund Neufeld
Screenplay byJoseph O'Donnell
StarringGeorge Houston
Al St. John
Dorothy Short
Dennis Moore
Frank Hagney
Charles King
CinematographyJack Greenhalgh
Edited byHolbrook N. Todd
Production
company
Sigmund Neufeld Productions
Distributed byProducers Releasing Corporation
Release date
  • December 17, 1941 (1941-12-17)
Running time
64 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

This is the sixth movie in the "Lone Rider" series, which spans seventeen films -- eleven starring George Houston, and a further six starring Robert Livingston.[3]

Houston, once an opera singer, sang two songs in this film: "It's All Over Now" and "Out Where the West Begins". The songs were written by Johnny Lange and Lew Porter.

This is the first appearance of Dennis Moore in the "Lone Rider" series, playing Al Williams. In the next film, The Lone Rider and the Bandit, Moore became a regular in the series, playing Sheriff Smoky Moore for the next six films.[4]

Plot

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See also

The "Lone Rider" films starring George Houston:

starring Robert Livingston:

References
  1. "The Lone Rider Fights Back (1941) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
  2. Hal Erickson. "The Lone Rider Fights Back (1941) - Sam Newfield". AllMovie. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
  3. "The Lone Rider Fights Back". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
  4. Anderson, Chuck. "PRC's Lone Rider Series". The Old Corral. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
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