''The Storm Rider'' is a 1957 American

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film directed by

Edward Bernds Edward Bernds (July 12, 1905May 20, 2000) was an American screenwriter and director, born in Chicago, Illinois. Career While in his junior year in Lake View High School, he and several friends formed a small radio clique and obtained amateur li ...

, written by Edward Bernds and Don Martin, and starring

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, Bill Williams, John Goddard,

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and

Roy Engel Roy Engel (September 13, 1913 – December 29, 1980) was an American actor on radio, film, and television. He performed in more than 150 films and almost 800 episodes of television programs. Career Engel's ancestry was Irish and Dutch. His ...

. It is based on the short story "Longrider Jones" by L. L. Foreman, from the book ''Rider's West''. The film was released in March 1957, by

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Plot

It was a dark & stormy night , when Bad Matt walked his 8-hand roan out into the desert night, , THE end.

Cast

as Bart Jones *

as Tay Rorick * Bill Williams as Sheriff Pete Colton *John Goddard as Harry Rorick *

as Captain Cruickshank *

as Major Bonnard *

George Keymas George Keymas (November 18, 1925 – January 17, 2008) was an American film actor, film and television actor.Martin p.68 Keymas graduated from Springfield (Ohio) High School. Keymas began his Hollywood career in 1950, mainly in Westerns. His f ...

as Apache Kid *

Olin Howland Olin Ross Howland (February 10, 1886 – September 20, 1959) was an American film and theatre actor. Life and career Howland was born in Denver, Colorado, to Joby A. Howland, one of the youngest enlisted participants in the Civil War, an ...

as Will Collins *

Bud Osborne Leonard Miles "Bud" Osborne (July 20, 1884 – February 2, 1964) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 600 films and television programs between 1912 and 1963. Biography Osborne was born Miles Osborne in Knox County, Texas, ...

as Toby *James Dobson as Frank Cooper *Rocky Lundy as Bud Cooper *

Hank Patterson Elmer Calvin "Hank" Patterson (October 9, 1888 – August 23, 1975) was an American actor and musician. He is known foremost for playing two recurring characters on three television series: the stableman Hank Miller on ''Gunsmoke'' and farmer ...

as Tom Milstead *Wayne Mallory as Hanks *Court Shepard as Brass Flood * Frank Richards as Will Feylan *

Tom London Tom London (born Leonard T. Clapman; August 24, 1889 – December 5, 1963) was an American actor who played frequently in B-Westerns. According to ''The Guinness Book of Movie Records'', London is credited with appearing in the most films in ...

as Todd (uncredited)

Producer

Scott Brady co produced the film.

References

External links

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''The Storm Rider''
at BFI * 1957 films 20th Century Fox films American Western (genre) films 1957 Western (genre) films Films based on short fiction Films directed by Edward Bernds 1950s English-language films 1950s American films {{1950s-Western-film-stub