The Mysterious Rider (1938 film)

The Mysterious Rider is a 1938 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander and starring Douglass Dumbrille, Sidney Toler, and Russell Hayden. Written by Maurice Geraghty based on the 1921 novel The Mysterious Rider by Zane Gray, the film is about a notorious outlaw who returns to the ranch he once owned and takes a job disguised as a ranch hand. Unrecognized by the ranchs current owner, he waits patiently for an opportunity to expose the men who murdered his partner twenty years ago, framed him for the crime, and then stole his ranch. The film was later released for television in the United States as Mark of the Avenger.

Meanwhile, Jack Bellounds Weldon Heyburn, the son of the corrupt rancher William Bellounds Stanley Andrews who stole Bens White Slider ranch, returns from prison and is given a ride back to the ranch by Bens beautiful daughter Collie Wade Charlotte Field, who was raised by his father. When Collie refuses his offer of marriage, the arrogant Jack races their horsedrawn carriage wildly through the desert. Seeing the runaway carriage, the gallant ranch forman Wils Moore Russell Hayden chases them down and stops the horses. As Wils rides off, Jack notices that Collie is attracted to Wils.When Ben and Frosty arrive at White Slider ranch, they get hired on as saddle makers, with Ben going by the name of Red Johnson. No one recognizes himnot even his daughter who hasnt seen him since her childhood. After settling in, Ben learns that 200 head of cattle have been stolen, and that Bellounds seems uninterested in finding the thieves. With the help of Frosty and Wilsone of the few honest men at the ranchBen intends to put a stop to the cattle rustling and restore the ranch to his daughter, the rightful owner. ........

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