Riders of the Dawn

Riders of the Dawn

58 mins | Western | Nov. 3, 1945

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.

Riders of the Dawn

58 mins | Western | Nov. 3, 1945

Riders of the Dawn
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.
Producers Monogram Pictures
Original title Riders of the Dawn
Directors Oliver Drake
Writers Bert Horswell, Louise Rousseau

Cast

Jimmy Wakely

as Jimmy Wakely

Lee 'Lasses' White

as Lasses White

John James

as Dusty Smith

Sarah Padden

as Melinda Pringle

Horace Murphy

as Sheriff Beasley

Phyllis Adair

as Penny Pringle

Jack Baxley

as Doc Judd Thomas

Arthur 'Fiddlin' Smith

as Arthur Smith - Fiddle Player

Wesley Tuttle

as Westley Tuttle - Band Leader

Fred Aldrich

as Townsman (uncredited)

Bob Shelton

as Bob Shelton - Comic Fiddler