Ridin' the Lone Trail - DVD

King of the Cowboys Tom Mix enters the greatest stagecoach race of all time to keep a promise to a dying friend in this classic Universal silent western.

Cattleman Jim Dawson is shot down by gunmen employed by his own half-brother, Jay Lynch. With a forged will, Lynch "inherits" his brother's ranch, some of the most valuable land in the county. But when he tries to take possession, Dawson's daughters, Betty and Sugar, refuse to be evicted from their home. The women have also hired tough-as-nails cowpoke Tom Sterling, who is more than capable of keeping Lynch's gun slingers at bay. It bec

Director Joseph Kane (King of the Pecos) and his star John Wayne (Flame of Barbary Coast) teamed up again in this western about a veteran Union officer, John Ashley (Wayne) returning home from the war only to find that his presence is unwanted by his former neighbors, who had all sided with the Confederacy. Seedy carpetbagger, Benedict Holden (Cy Kendall) and his army of thugs have taken control of the town and though initially duped by Holden, Ashley realizes that Holden, without the knowledge of the governor is killing, stealing, and taxing the local ranchers out of their property under the pretense of state authority. Ann Rutherford (The Lawless Nineties) co-stars as Virginia Terry, Ashley's childhood sweetheart.