Riders of the Dawn

Riders of the Dawn

NR 1937 · 55 min · ★ 4.7 · Western

The first of 22 inexpensive Westerns starring Jack Randall (aka Addison Randall and Allan Byron), Riders of the Dawn is yet another in a long series of oaters featuring a lawman masquerading as an outlaw.

Directed by Robert N. Bradbury · Written by Robert Emmett Tansey

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