A 56-minute western where the real heist is your time—will it steal your heart or just your afternoon?
In this western, Red Ryder tries to be a good example for a young man who idolizes his father, an outlaw. The boy wants to follow in his father's footsteps when the hero intervenes.
Acting
Robert Blake at 12, already stealing scenes before In Cold Blood
Direction
Selander crams a feature's worth of plot into 56 minutes
Director
Lesley Selander
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the 21st of 23 Red Ryder films Bill Elliott made between 1944-1947. The man basically lived in chaps.
Robert Blake's child-star westerns like this funded the career that would later include Baretta and a notorious real-life trial—a wild trajectory from wholesome sidekick.
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