The Mysterious Rider

"Buster Crashes Down On The Mesa's Toughest Hombres!"

1942 0h 56m EN

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5.8

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5.4

IMDB

★5.8TMDB · 6★5.4IMDB · 84

Western

Synopsis

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Billy the Kid and his pal Fuzzy escape from the Marshal and find themselves in the ghost town of Laramy. The city was abandoned because of Sykes and his gang, who are in search of a gold mine.

“Buster Crashes Down On The Mesa's Toughest Hombres!”

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Cast

Buster Crabbe
Billy the Kid
Al St. John
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Caroline Burke
Martha Kincaid
John Merton
Dalton Sykes
Edwin Brian
Johnny Kincaid (as Edwin Brien)
Jack Ingram
Trigger Larson - Henchman
Slim Whitaker
Rufe - Henchman
Kermit Maynard
Joe - Henchman

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Sam Newfield
Writers: Sam Robins
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 56-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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84 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Billy the Kid (Buster Crabbe) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 8

CAST

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Buster Crabbe and Al St. John and Caroline Burke carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Buster Crashes Down On The Mesa's Toughest Hombres!".

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0035106 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 6 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Sam Newfield directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 56-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
284 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Billy the Kid (Buster Crabbe) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Buster Crabbe and Al St. John and Caroline Burke carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Buster Crashes Down On The Mesa's Toughest Hombres!".
7IMDB entry: tt0035106 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 6 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.