01 May 1976
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
A Western-genre narrative, loosely woven from old clips from B-Western features.
Westward Ho
ROMANCE RIDES THE PLAINS!
Ballard's trail jumpers attack the Wyatt Company wagon train, killing young John's parents and kidnaping his brother, Jim. In post-Civil War California, John Wyatt, now a man, pulls together a vigilante posse, The Singing Riders, who all ride white horses, dress alike, and ride the trails singing and rounding up outlaw gangs. Meanwhile, John is ever on the lookout for the gang that murdered his parents As a youngster John Wyatt saw his parents killed and his brother kidnapped. On a wagon train heading West he meets his brother who is now a spy for the gang which originally did the dirty work. He and his brother both fall for Mary Gordon When Ballard and his men attack the Wyatt wagon train, they kill all except two young brothers. Twelve years later one brother John has organized a vigilante group. The other brother Jim is now part of Ballard's gang and the two are destined to meet again
Top Billed Cast
John Wayne John Wyatt
Sheila Bromley Mary Gordon
Frank McGlynn Jr. Jim Wyatt
Jim Farley Lafe Gordon
Bradley Metcalfe John Wyatt as a Child
Dickie Jones Jim Wyatt as a Child
Mary MacLaren Ma Wyatt
Hank Bell Mark Wyatt
Glenn Strange Carter
Earl Dwire Townsman (uncredited)
Jack Ingram Vigilante (uncredited)
Jack Kirk Singing Rider (uncredited)
Tex Palmer Ballard Henchman (uncredited)
Jack Curtis Ballard (uncredited)
Yakima Canutt (uncredited)
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