Main Cast: Russell Wade, Jay Kirby, Andy Clyde, Evelyn Finley, Jack Ingram
Release Year: 1944
Country: US
Run Time: 56 minutes
Plot
The Sundown Riders was the first in a brief series of "experimental" westerns, designed for the then-burgeoning 16-millimeter home-movie and classroom market. RKO contractee Russell Wade teams with "Hopalong Cassidy" alumni Jay Kirby and Andy Clyde, portraying the "Sundown Riders". Their first mission: to thwart an outlaw gang, thereby making the west safe for progressive education. Filmed in Kodachrome color, Sundown Riders is as professional-looking as possible under the circumstances, thanks to the conviviality of the stars and the surehanded director of veteran Lambert Hillyer. Alas, the 16-millimeter market was not of sufficient size and scope in 1944 to warrant a full years' worth of "Sundown Riders" epics. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Lambert Hillyer - Director, Ella Brouner - Editor, Alan Stensvold - Cinematographer, H.V. George - Producer, Lambert Hillyer - Screenwriter, Rodney J. Graham - Screenwriter
