The Fighting Redhead

Oct 5, 1949

0h 54m

★ 5.8

Outlaws Or Settlers... WHO'LL RULE THE WEST?

Overview

Red Ryder gets a telegram from his old friend Dan O'Connor asking for help in his fight against Faro Savage and his gang of rustlers. A gun dropped by Faro during a rustling raid makes Red and Sheila O'Connor, Dan's daughter, think they have ample proof against Faro but they are stymied by the law. Buckskin Blodgett and the Duchess, Red's aunt, find the body of O'Connor who was killed when Faro's men sent the sheriff out on a ruse. Sheila, discovered while rifling Faros office for evidence, escapes but not before she is recognized. Faro kills one of his own henchmen and then frames Sheila for the murder. Red and Little Beaver set out to clear Sheila and to try to find evidence against Faro and his gang. Written by Les Adams

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Eagle-Lion Films

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Cast

Red Ryder

Jim Bannon

Little Beaver (as Don Kay Reynolds)

Don Reynolds

Duchess

Marin Sais

Sheila O'Connor

Peggy Stewart

Buckskin

Emmett Lynn

Henchman Windy

Lane Bradford

Dan O'Connor

Forrest Taylor

Henchman Goldie Grant

Lee Roberts

Sheriff

Bob Duncan

Ranch Hand Joe

Sandy Sanders

Bill Evans (as Billy Hammond)

Bill Hammond

Mary - Joe's Daughter (as 'Spooky' Reynolds)

Spooky Reynolds

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