Rider from Tucson

Rider from Tucson

CLAIM-JUMPERS' GOLD FEVER GETS HOT LEAD TREATMENT! Tim's in the middle of a gold-mine shake-down...led by a gal who mixes brains and bullets to gain her deadly goal!

NR 1950 · 60 min · ★ 7.0 · Western

In order to make Tug Cardwell (William Phipps) sign over his rich gold claim to them, John Avery (Robert Shayne), Gypsy Avery (Veda Ann Borg) and Jackson (Marshall Reed) hire Bob Rankin (Douglas Fowley') to kidnap Tug's sweetheart Jane Whipple (Elaine Riley). Rankin hides Jane and then demands half the mine from the other crooks. Dave Saunders (Tim Holt) and Chito Rafferty (Richard Martin), friends of Tug's, find Jane and taker her to safety. The conspirators then shoot Rankin, capture Tug and force him to take them to his claim. Dave and Chito are close behind.

Directed by Lesley Selander · Written by Ed Earl Repp

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Tim Holt Dave Saunders
Elaine Riley Jane Whipple
Douglas Fowley Bob Rankin
Veda Ann Borg Gypsy Avery
Robert Shayne John Avery
William Phipps Tug Bailey
Harry Tyler Hardrock Jones
Luther Crockett Sheriff
Dorothy Vaughan Mrs. Brigitte O'Rielly
Stuart Randall Henchman Slim
Marshall Reed Henchman Jackson
Richard Martin Chito Rafferty

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