Riders of Black Mountain

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Riders of Black Mountain
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Directed by Sam Newfield
Written by Joseph O'Donnell
Produced by Sigmund Neufeld
Starring
Cinematography Jack Greenhalgh
Edited by Holbrook N. Todd
Music by Lew Porter
Distributed by
Release date
1940
Running time
56 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Riders of Black Mountain is a 1940 Western film directed by Sam Newfield, under his pseudonym of Peter Stewart. [1] It stars Tim McCoy, Pauline Haddon, and Rex Lease. [2]

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Plot

A US Marshal is dispatched to solve a string of hold-ups. Disguising himself as a professional gambler, he believes he's found out who is feeding information to the outlaw gang committing the robberies. So he lets word get out that a valuable "shipment" is coming to town on the stage, knowing that if the stage is robbed, he will know who the "inside man" is. However, things don't go quite as planned.

Release

Producers Releasing Corporation released the film originally in 1940. Alpha Video gave Riders of Black Mountain a DVD release in December 2009. [3]

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