''Cheyenne Rides Again'' is a 1937

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film directed by Robert F. Hill. It stars

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and

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Much as did Alfred Hitchcock in his own films, director

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appears in a cameo as townsman "Bartender Ed".

Plot

Tom 'Cheyenne Tommy' Wade (

), is a lawman who poses as a gang member in an attempt to expose Girard (

), a fraudulent cattle thief. He steals one thousand dollars from the thief, promising to return it if he can join the gang, while plotting a way to expose them as thieves. As Cheyenne is let into the gang, he begins to blackmail the leader, forcing him to let more law enforcers join the gang, eventually outnumbering them and finally arresting the thieves for good.

Cast

as Tom 'Cheyenne Tommy' Wade *

as Girard * Carmen Laroux as Panela * Lucile Browne as Sally Lane * Ed Cassidy as Dave Gleason * Ted Lorch as Rollin *

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as Gang Member * Slim Whitaker as Sheriff Jed Martin * Robert F. Hill as Bartender Ed *

as Henchman * Jack Smith as Jack * Roger Williams as Henchman Mack

Reception

Reception for ''Cheyenne Rides Again'' was generally positive. Film historian Hal J. Wollstein wrote that: "The Katzman stamp of poverty is all over this Victory Pictures production, but it is fun to watch Tyler and Chaney, both of whom would later star as the mummy, Kharis, for Universal in the '40s." ''

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'' offered that while the film was not very good, Tom Tyler's character kept the film moving.

Release

The film aired on television on January 9, 1965 as one of the many western films shared on '' The Wild Bill Elliott Show''. Alpha Video released ''Cheyenne Rides Again'' on DVD on April 27, 2010.

References

External links

* * 1937 films 1930s English-language films American black-and-white films 1937 Western (genre) films Films directed by Robert F. Hill American Western (genre) films Films produced by Sam Katzman 1930s American films {{1930s-Western-film-stub