Riders from Nowhere

Dec 30, 1940

0h 47m

★ 6.0

Overview

In this his penultimate Western for low-budget company Monogram, Jack Randall assumed the identity of a murdered ranger in order to track down the killer. In the lawless town of Brimstone, the citizens are being terrorized by a gang of outlaws headed by Mason (Tom London), who, to no one's great surprise, proves to be the very man Jack has been trailing. The relieved citizens of Brimstone then elect Jack as their new sheriff. The murdered ranger's sister was played by Margaret Roach, the 19-year-old daughter of comedy producer Hal Roach. Ernie Adams replaced Glenn Strange (who himself had replaced Frank Yaconelli) as Randall's sidekick, Manny, and Nelson McDowell provided additional comic relief as Brimstone's busy undertaker.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Monogram Pictures

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Cast

Jack Rankin (as Jack Randall)

Jack Randall

Marian Adams

Margaret Roach

Manny

Ernie Adams

Mason

Tom London

Trigger

Charles King

Undertaker

Nelson McDowell

Bart

George Chesebro

Mrs. Gregory

Dorothy Vernon

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