Trail of the Rustlers

1950 film by Ray Nazarro

Trail of the Rustlers is a 1950 American Western film directed by Ray Nazarro and starring Charles Starrett, Gail Davis and Tommy Ivo.^[1] It is also known by the alternative title Lost River. This was the forty-fifth of 65 films in the Durango Kid series.^[2]

The film's sets were designed by the art director Charles Clague. It was shot at the Iverson Ranch.

Plot

Kindly Mrs. Mahoney is actually the mastermind behind a scheme to acquire all the ranch land in the valley. Her sons and their henchmen use violence to get the ranchers to sell with her son Chick impersonating the Durango Kid who leads the attacks on the ranchers.

Cast

• Charles Starrett as Steve Armitage / The Durango Kid
• Gail Davis as Mary Ellen Hyland
• Tommy Ivo as Todd Hyland
• Mira McKinney as Mrs. J.G. Mahoney
• Don C. Harvey as Chick Mahoney
• Eddie Cletro as Guitar Player
• The Roundup Boys as Musicians
• Smiley Burnette as Smiley Burnette
• Myron Healey as Ben Mahoney
• Gene Roth as Sheriff Dave Wilcox

References

1. Pitts p.363
2. Blottner, Gene (2011). "The Durango Kid". Columbia Pictures Movie Series, 1926–1955: The Harry Cohn Years. McFarland. ISBN 9780786486724.

Bibliography

• Pitts, Michael R. Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films. McFarland, 2012.

External links

• Trail of the Rustlers at IMDb