Riders of the Dawn (1945)
58m
Running Time
November 3, 1945Release Date
Riders of the Dawn (1945)
58m
Running Time
November 3, 1945Release Date
Plot.
Jimmy Wakely and Dusty, traveling with the medicine show owned by "Lasses" White, stop at the Ferguson ranch and find the rancher and his wife killed. They take the Ferguson baby to their camp, where outlaws Joe, Slick and Pete attempt to kidnap the baby, while Dusty is reporting the murders to Sheriff Beasley and town mayor Melinda Pringle. Wakely and his singers hide the baby from its legal guardian, Doc Judd Thomas, as they suspect him of being connected with the Ferguson murders.
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Cast & Crew.
Jimmy Wakely
Jimmy Wakely
Lee 'Lasses' White
Lasses White
John James
Dusty Smith
Sarah Padden
Melinda Pringle
Horace Murphy
Sheriff Beasley
Phyllis Adair
Penny Pringle
Jack Baxley
Doc Judd Thomas
Arthur 'Fiddlin' Smith
Arthur Smith - Fiddle Player
Wesley Tuttle
Westley Tuttle - Band Leader
Fred Aldrich
Townsman (uncredited)
Bob Shelton
Bob Shelton - Comic Fiddler
Oliver Drake
Director
Louise Rousseau
Writer
Bert Horswell
Writer
William A. Sickner
Director of Photography
William Austin
Editor
Media.
Details.
This Movie Is About.
ranch
medicine show
Wiki.
Riders of the Dawn (re-titled for television as Riding the Dusty Trail) is a 1945 American Western film directed by Oliver Drake and starring Jimmy Wakely, Lee 'Lasses' White and Sarah Padden. It was produced and distributed by Monogram Pictures. The film's sets were designed by the art director Vin Taylor.