''Ridin' for Justice'' is a 1932 American
pre-Code
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Western
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Places
*Western, Nebraska, a village in the US
*Western, New York, a town in the US
*Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
*Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
*Western world, countries that id ...
film directed by
D. Ross Lederman and starring
Buck Jones
Buck Jones (born Charles Frederick Gebhart; December 12, 1891 – November 30, 1942) was an American actor, known for his work in many popular Western movies. In his early film appearances, he was credited as Charles Jones.
Early life, milit ...
,
Mary Doran
Mary Doran (September 8, 1910 – September 6, 1995) was an American actress. She appeared in more than 80 films from 1927 to 1944.
Biography
Doran was born in New York and attended public schools there before graduating and going to Columbia ...
, and
Russell Simpson.
Plot
Buck Randall (
Buck Jones
Buck Jones (born Charles Frederick Gebhart; December 12, 1891 – November 30, 1942) was an American actor, known for his work in many popular Western movies. In his early film appearances, he was credited as Charles Jones.
Early life, milit ...
), a carefree cowboy whose popularity with the local saloon girls becomes the talk of the town. The new marshal, Joseph Slyde (
Russell Simpson), gets on Buck's bad side by enforcing a "no gun" rule. Buck returns the favor by falling in love with the marshal's mistreated wife, Mary (
Mary Doran
Mary Doran (September 8, 1910 – September 6, 1995) was an American actress. She appeared in more than 80 films from 1927 to 1944.
Biography
Doran was born in New York and attended public schools there before graduating and going to Columbia ...
), and she asks her husband for a divorce so she can marry Buck.
Cast
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Buck Jones
Buck Jones (born Charles Frederick Gebhart; December 12, 1891 – November 30, 1942) was an American actor, known for his work in many popular Western movies. In his early film appearances, he was credited as Charles Jones.
Early life, milit ...
as Buck Randall
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Mary Doran
Mary Doran (September 8, 1910 – September 6, 1995) was an American actress. She appeared in more than 80 films from 1927 to 1944.
Biography
Doran was born in New York and attended public schools there before graduating and going to Columbia ...
as Mary Slyde
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Russell Simpson as Marshal Joseph Slyde
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Walter Miller as Deputy Alex Frame
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Robert McKenzie as Judge Septimus P. Spear (as Bob McKanzie)
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Will Walling
William R. Walling (June 2, 1872 – March 5, 1932) was an American actor of stage and film in the silent era.
Biography
Before he acted in films, Walling traveled the United States performing with stock theater companies. In 1912, he wa ...
as Ranch Boss Tom Wilson (as William Walling)
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Billy Engle
Billy Engle (May 28, 1889 – November 28, 1966) was an Austro-Hungarian Empire-born American film actor. He appeared in more than 250 films between 1917 and 1957. He was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire and died in Hollywood, California, ...
as Sam - the Stutterer
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Hank Mann
Hank Mann (born David William Lieberman; May 28, 1887 – November 25, 1971) was a Russian-born, American comedian and silent screen star who was a member of the Keystone Cops, and appeared as a supporting player in many of Charlie Chaplin's ...
as Pete - The Drunk
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1932 films
1932 Western (genre) films
American Western (genre) films
American black-and-white films
Columbia Pictures films
1930s English-language films
Films directed by D. Ross Lederman
1930s American films
English-language Western (genre) films
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