ROUGH RIDERS, ARIZONA BOUND (1941) Buck Jones , Tim McCoy & Raymond Hatton | Western | B&W

Arizona Bound is a 1941 American western film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet. This is the first film in Monogram Pictures' Rough Riders series, and stars Buck Jones as Marshal Buck Roberts, Tim McCoy as Marshal Tim McCall and Raymond Hatton as Marshal Sandy Hopkins, with Luana Walters, Dennis Moore and Kathryn Sheldon.

Synopsis

Father killed, fiancé wounded, gold stolen, Ruth Masters is distraught over what's been happening to her Arizona stagecoach line and considers leaving the business for good. Saloon owner Steve Taggert is pleased, hoping to increase his holdings in Mesa City with her gone.

A retired marshal, Buck Roberts, rides into town, selling cattle. In the saloon he and the others encounter Colonel Tim McCall, a preacher who objects to Sunday sales of whiskey. Buck offers to assist Ruth by driving the stage carrying the next gold shipment, with her recovering sweetheart Joe going along to keep an eye on things for her. A cattleman, Sandy Hopkins, also volunteers to help.

The stage is robbed by masked men. Gold is found in Buck's saddlebags, so he is arrested and some of the townspeople demand that he be hanged. Joe reveals that Buck, anticipating the holdup, hid the gold safely while the robbers got away with nothing but worthless rocks. Buck, Tim and Sandy all turn out to be ex-lawmen, now working undercover to expose the criminals in town. They ride off their separate ways, their work here done.

Cast & Crew

Buck Jones as Marshal Buck Roberts
Tim McCoy as Marshal Tim McCall / "Parson" McCall
Raymond Hatton as Marshal Sandy Hopkins
Luana Walters as Ruth Masters
Dennis Moore as Joe Brooke
Kathryn Sheldon as Aunt Miranda Masters
Tristram Coffin as Steve Taggert
Horace Murphy as Bunion (Buck's Ranch Hand)

Directed by: Spencer Gordon Bennet
Written by: Oliver Drake (original story)
Adele Buffington (screenplay)
Produced by: Scott R. Dunlap (producer)
Cinematography: Harry Neumann
Edited by: Carl Pierson
Music by : Edward J. Kay
Production company: Great Western Pictures
Distributed by: Monogram Pictures
Release date: July 19, 1941
Running time: 57 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English