Ridin' the Lone Trail

Lightning fast gunfighter Bob McArthur is sent to help Sheriff Carson break up a gang who have been terrorizing the local stage lines. MacArthur is secretly deputized and begins investigating the hold-ups. He must unmask the mysterious hooded phantom who is at the head of the syndicate when he learns that not even the gang members know the identity of their leader.

Bob Steele, son of director Robert Bradbury, starred in dozens of cowboy pictures and headlines this Republic production. Unlike many of his fellow western stars, Steele routinely broke free of the genre, notably playing Curly in the 1939 classic Of Mice And Men.

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