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Riding Shotgun

  • 19541954
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 13m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
1.2K
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Randolph Scott and Joan Weldon in Riding Shotgun (1954)
  • Western
When a stagecoach guard tries to warn a town of an imminent raid by a band of outlaws, the people mistake him for one of the gangWhen a stagecoach guard tries to warn a town of an imminent raid by a band of outlaws, the people mistake him for one of the gangWhen a stagecoach guard tries to warn a town of an imminent raid by a band of outlaws, the people mistake him for one of the gang
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
1.2K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • André De Toth
  • Writers
    • Thomas W. Blackburn(screenplay)
    • Kenneth Perkins(story)
  • Stars
    • Randolph Scott
    • Wayne Morris
    • Joan Weldon
Top credits
  • Director
    • André De Toth
  • Writers
    • Thomas W. Blackburn(screenplay)
    • Kenneth Perkins(story)
  • Stars
    • Randolph Scott
    • Wayne Morris
    • Joan Weldon
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    • 37User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
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    Randolph Scott and Joan Weldon in Riding Shotgun (1954)
    Randolph Scott and Joan Weldon in Riding Shotgun (1954)
    Randolph Scott in Riding Shotgun (1954)
    Randolph Scott and Joan Weldon in Riding Shotgun (1954)
    Randolph Scott and Lonnie Pierce in Riding Shotgun (1954)
    Charles Bronson in Riding Shotgun (1954)
    Randolph Scott and Joan Weldon in Riding Shotgun (1954)
    Randolph Scott and Charles Bronson in Riding Shotgun (1954)
    Randolph Scott and Lonnie Pierce in Riding Shotgun (1954)
    Randolph Scott and Joan Weldon in Riding Shotgun (1954)
    Randolph Scott and Joan Weldon in Riding Shotgun (1954)

    Top cast

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    Randolph Scott
    Randolph Scott
    • Larry Delongas Larry Delong
    Wayne Morris
    Wayne Morris
    • Deputy Sheriff Tub Murphyas Deputy Sheriff Tub Murphy
    Joan Weldon
    Joan Weldon
    • Orissa Flynnas Orissa Flynn
    Joe Sawyer
    Joe Sawyer
    • Tom Biggertas Tom Biggert
    James Millican
    James Millican
    • Dan Maradyas Dan Marady
    Charles Bronson
    Charles Bronson
    • Pintoas Pinto
    • (as Charles Buchinsky)
    James Bell
    James Bell
    • Doc Winkleras Doc Winkler
    Fritz Feld
    Fritz Feld
    • Fritzas Fritz
    Richard Garrick
    Richard Garrick
    • Waltersas Walters
    Vic Perrin
    Vic Perrin
    • Bar-M Rider with Lynching Ropeas Bar-M Rider with Lynching Rope
    • (as Victor Perrin)
    John Baer
    John Baer
    • Deputy Ross Hughesas Deputy Ross Hughes
    William Johnstone
    • Col. Flynnas Col. Flynn
    John Barton
    • Townsmanas Townsman
    • (uncredited)
    Ray Bennett
    Ray Bennett
    • Townsmanas Townsman
    • (uncredited)
    Arthur Berkeley
    • Townsmanas Townsman
    • (uncredited)
    Joe Brockman
    • Henchmanas Henchman
    • (uncredited)
    Holly Brooke
    • Saloon Girl with Green Feather Boaas Saloon Girl with Green Feather Boa
    • (uncredited)
    Morgan Brown
    Morgan Brown
    • 1st Poker Playeras 1st Poker Player
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • André De Toth
    • Writers
      • Thomas W. Blackburn(screenplay)
      • Kenneth Perkins(story)
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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    Storyline

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    After members of his family are killed by the Maraday Gang during a stagecoach robbery, Larry Delong takes a job as stage guard in hopes that he will meet up with the outlaws. After he is captured by the bandits, his shot-up stage is returned to the town by the gang in order to draw the authorities out of town. After being left for dead, Delong escapes to warn the townspeople of an imminent raid by the outlaws. They don't believe his story and, in fact, accuse him of complicity in the stage robbery, tasking the town's remaining deputy with arresting him. A besieged Delong hides out in a local saloon before making his next move. —Gabe Taverney (duke1029@aol.com)
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    • Plot summary
    • Plot synopsis
    • Taglines
      • He held the town at bay ... to save it !
    • Genre
      • Western
    • Certificate
      • Passed
    • Parents guide
      • Add content advisory

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The casting of Vic Perrin as a mute seems in retrospect like a perverse joke, as he became known primarily as a voice artist, most notably as The Control Voice on The Outer Limits (1963).
    • Goofs
      About 10 minutes into the movie when the Marady gang ties up Randolph Scott, they tie his legs right at the knees as clearly visible when they pick him up. But in the next several scenes as he lays on the ground, there is no rope around his knees.
    • Quotes

      Larry Delong: [interior monologue] I could have taken that shotgun away from Lewellyn and wrapped it around his fat ears, but it might have meant shooting some misguided people who might have thought the right thing was to keep me in town. There was only one person left who might help me: Fritz, who ran a dirty little cantina which few self-respecting people ever entered. He'd do anything for a fast dollar.

    • Connections
      Referenced in The Dangerous (1995)

    User reviews37

    Review
    Top review
    Vintage cowboy action.
    Seeing "Riding Shotgun" again after half a century is a welcome reminder of the peak that the western film of the fifties achieved.

    Director De Toth, who actually had ranch experience despite his Hungarian origins,obviously took great satisfaction in finding such a variety of effective angles and pieces of western imagery to present what is a well constructed story. When our weathered hero has to shoot out the candle in Fritz Feld's "dirty little cantina" it not only provides a chance for master cameramen Bert Glennon ("Stagecoach") to do an effective light change but it also gives us a couple of reels of the disturbing image of the blackened door-way that no one in the town is game to enter, not sure if Randy is dead or not.

    The film making is better than most of the bigger pictures could muster.

    The Warner western street re-dressed. Interesting cast - Joe Sawer in a non comedy role, punching it out with Scott, Charlie Bronson getting started, Millican in his best part - are those Frank Ferguson, Cesare Gravina and Bob Steele in uncredited walk-ons?

    Pretension free, work like the Scott-De Toth series made going to the movies a rewarding, addictive habit.
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    • Mozjoukine
    • Feb 7, 2002

    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 6, 1955 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Dieser Mann weiß zuviel
    • Filming locations
      • Bell Ranch, Santa Susana, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Warner Bros.
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,400,000
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 13 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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