''Sunset Carson Rides Again'' is a 1948 American

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film produced and directed by Oliver Drake and shot on his own ranch. Filmed in 1947 in

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, the film was the first of Drake's Yucca Pictures Corporation to star

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. The film was released by Astor Pictures Corporation in 35mm Cinecolor.pp. 192-193 Reid, John Howard ''Your Colossal Main Feature Plus Full Support Program'' Lulu.com, 23 Mar 2005

Plot summary

Bob Ward comes out West to seek vengeance on his father's murderer. Jumping off a freight train he becomes lost in the desert and drinks water out of a poison spring with near fatal consequences. He is rescued by none other that Sunset Carson who Bob believes murdered his father. Keeping his name a secret, Ward is nursed to health by Sunset's sister Joan. He becomes enemies with Sunset's partner and foreman Sam Webster. Seeing Sam mistreat a horse, the two begin brawling. Sunset decides to give the men a chance to have a fight, but the brawl will become a boxing match with the proceeds to go to erect the area's first schoolhouse. However Sam has a scheme to obtain the money himself and get rid of Sunset and Bob Ward simultaneously.

Cast

* Al Terry as Bob Ward aka Kansas Kid * Pat Starling as Joan Carson * John L. Cason as Sam Webster *

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as Sheriff Norton * Pat Gleason as Referee Brown *

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as Henchman Murdock *

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as Jim Pizor (Henchman) * Bob Curtis as "Tin-Cup" Callahan * Joe Hiser as "Shorty" McDuff * Bill Vall as "Slugger" Appolodamus * Forrest Matthews as Sam Nevens * Don Gray as Henchman Rand * Dale Harrison as Tomkins * The Rodeo Revelers as Musicians

Soundtrack

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* * 1948 films 1948 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films Cinecolor films Films directed by Oliver Drake Astor Pictures films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films {{1940s-Western-film-stub