Riders of the Dawn (1945)
Jimmy Wakely and Dusty, traveling with the medicine show owned by "Lasses" White, stop at the Ferguson ranch and find the rancher and his wife killed. They take the Ferguson baby to their camp, where outlaws Joe, Slick and Pete attempt to kidnap the baby, while Dusty is reporting the murders to Sheriff Beasley and town mayor Melinda Pringle. Wakely and his singers hide the baby from its legal guardian, Doc Judd Thomas, as they suspect him of being connected with the Ferguson murders.
Director: Oliver Drake
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Jimmy Wakely as Jimmy Wakely |
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Lee 'Lasses' White as Lasses White |
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John James as Dusty Smith |
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Sarah Padden as Melinda Pringle |
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Horace Murphy as Sheriff Beasley |
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Phyllis Adair as Penny Pringle |
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Jack Baxley as Doc Judd Thomas |
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Arthur 'Fiddlin' Smith as Arthur Smith - Fiddle Player |
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Wesley Tuttle as Westley Tuttle - Band Leader |
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Fred Aldrich as Townsman (uncredited) |
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Bob Shelton as Bob Shelton - Comic Fiddler |
| Directing | Oliver Drake | Director |
| Writing | Louise Rousseau | Writer |
| Writing | Bert Horswell | Writer |
| Camera | William A. Sickner | Director of Photography |
| Editing | William Austin | Editor |
| Art | Vin Taylor | Art Direction |
| Sound | Glen Glenn | Sound |