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The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio

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The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySam Newfield
Screenplay byWilliam Lively
Produced bySigmund Neufeld
StarringGeorge Houston
Al St. John
Roquell Verria
Charles King
Julian Rivero
Stephen Chase
CinematographyJack Greenhalgh
Edited byHolbrook N. Todd
Production
company
Sigmund Neufeld Productions
Distributed byProducers Releasing Corporation
Release date
  • February 28, 1941 (1941-02-28)
Running time
58 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio is a 1941 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and written by William Lively. The film stars George Houston as the Lone Rider and Al St. John as his sidekick "Fuzzy" Jones, with Roquell Verria, Charles King, Julian Rivero and Stephen Chase. The film was released on February 28, 1941, by Producers Releasing Corporation.[1][2][3]

This is the second movie in the Lone Rider series, which spans 17 films—eleven starring George Houston, and a further six starring Robert Livingston.[3]

Houston, once an opera singer, sang three songs in this film: "It's a Gay Fiesta", "Git Along Cowboy" and "I'm Pancho, the Mexican Bandit". The songs were written by Johnny Lange and Lew Porter.[2]

Plot

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Tom, The Lone Rider, is hiding from bad guys in Mexico with his friend Fuzzy. While there, Tom and Fuzzy agree to help the son of a Mexican mayor fake his kidnapping so he can continue an affair the young man is having with a cabaret singer despite his father's objections. Unfortunately, when the young man is really kidnapped, Tom and Fuzzy take the blame.[4][5]

Cast

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See also

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The Lone Rider films starring George Houston:

starring Robert Livingston:

References

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  1. ^ "The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio (1941) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  2. ^ a b Hans J. Wollstein. "The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio (1941) - Sam Newfield". AllMovie. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  4. ^ The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio (1941), retrieved January 5, 2020
  5. ^ The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio (1941), retrieved January 5, 2020
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