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Plot

Another of Paramount's "pocket epics" based on the works of Zane Grey, The Mysterious Rider pits good guy Kent Taylor against villain Irving Pichel. A crooked land dealer, Pichel spends most of his screen time seeking out legal means to cheat the homesteaders out of their property. He is thwarted by the Lone Ranger-like "Mysterious Rider," who may well be hero Taylor. One of the two leading ladies is Gail Patrick, later a specialist in scheming "other women" roles, and much later the producer of TV's Perry Mason series. The film's director was Fred Allen, not the comedian but a one-time film editor who specialized in cinematic sagebrushers.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Action,Westerns
Run Time:
59min.
DVD Release Date:
02/22/2005
Distributor(s):
Paramount
Director(s):
Fred Allen
Starring:
Kent Taylor , Lona Andre , Irving Pichel , Gail Patrick , Warren Hymer
Themes:
Cons and Scams,Prospectors and Land Rights
Tone:
Tense
Keywords:
claim-jumpers,con/scam,courage,cowboy,farming,homestead,land,land-scheme,prevention,ranch,villain
Language:
English