THE LONE RIDER AMBUSHED (1941) George Houston, Al St. John & Maxine Leslie | Western | B&W

The Lone Rider Ambushed is a 1941 American western film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Oliver Drake. The film stars George Houston as the Lone Rider and Al St. John as his sidekick "Fuzzy" Jones, with Maxine Leslie, Frank Hagney, Jack Ingram and Hal Price. The film was released on August 29, 1941, by Producers Releasing Corporation.[1][2][3]

This is the fifth movie in the Lone Rider series, which spans seventeen films—eleven starring George Houston, and a further six starring Robert Livingston.[3] In this film, Houston plays a dual role as both the Lone Rider and the villain, Keno Harris.

Houston, once an opera singer, sang three songs in this film: "Without You Darling, Life Wouldn't Be the Same", "Ridin' Roamin' on the Prairie" and "If It Hadn't Been for You". The songs were written by Johnny Lange and Lew Porter.

Synopsis

Tom Cameron, the Lone Rider, pretends to be an outlaw named Keno—a task made easier due to the fact that Tom looks exactly like the outlaw. He pretends to be the outlaw in order to find Keno's accomplices, and recover a large sum of stolen money from Keno's last heist. Unfortunately for the Lone Rider, one of the outlaw's buddies, Blackie Dawson, begins to suspect Tom is not who he claims to be.

Cast:

George Houston as Tom Cameron, the Lone Rider / Keno Harris
Al St. John as Fuzzy Q. Jones
Maxine Leslie as Linda
Frank Hagney as Blackie Dawson
Jack Ingram as Charlie Davis
Hal Price as Sheriff
Ted Adams as Deputy Slim Pettit
George Chesebro as Pete
Ralph Peters as Bartender Gus
Charles King as Ranch Hand

Crew:

Directed by: Sam Newfield
Screenplay by: Oliver Drake
Produced by: Sigmund Neufeld
Cinematography: Jack Greenhalgh
Edited by: Holbrook N. Todd

Production:

Production Company: Sigmund Neufeld Productions
Distributed by: Producers Releasing Corporation
Release Information:
Release Date: August 29, 1941
Running Time: 63 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English