''The Lone Rider and the Bandit'' is a 1942 American

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film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Sam Robins. The film stars George F. Houston as the Lone Rider, Al St. John as his sidekick "Fuzzy" Jones and Dennis Moore as Sheriff Smoky Moore, with Vickie Lester,

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and Jack Ingram. The film was released on January 16, 1942, by

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. This is the seventh movie in the "Lone Rider" series, which spans seventeen films—eleven starring George Houston, and a further six starring Robert Livingston. In this film, Dennis Moore joins the cast of the series as Sheriff Smoky Moore, and appears with Livingston and Al St. John for the next five films, ending in 1942's ''

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''. Houston, once an opera singer, sang three songs in this film: "I'm the Best Man in the West", "Down the Moonlit Trail" and "Rainbow Valley". The songs were written by

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and Lew Porter.

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* George F. Houston as Tom Cameron, the Lone Rider * Al St. John as Fuzzy Jones * Dennis Moore as Sheriff Smoky Moore *Vickie Lester as Laura Hicks *

as Luke Miller * Jack Ingram as Joe * Milton Kibbee as Sam Turner *Carl Sepulveda as Jed Corbett * Eddie Dean as First Miner *

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as Second Miner *Slim Andrews as Piano Player

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lone Rider And The Bandit 1942 films American Western (genre) films 1942 Western (genre) films Producers Releasing Corporation films Films directed by Sam Newfield American black-and-white films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films

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