
Rio Bravo(1959)
A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.


“Tim holt rides again!”
Marvin Hayden returns to find his ranch is about to be sold at auction and the Hayden Jorth feud still going strong. Carson wants the Hayden ranch and tries to kill Hayden. When he fails he kills Chick Jorth with a rock. As Hayden does not carry a gun and the two had argued earlier, Hayden is arrested for the murder. With Hayden in jail, his friends Chito, Ginger, and his Lawyer Gardner now go to work to find the murderer.

Tim Holt
Marvin Hayden

Martha Hyer
Ellie Jorth

Richard Martin
Chito Rafferty

Steve Brodie
Chick Jorth
Virginia Owen
Ginger Kelly

Jason Robards Sr.
Jim Gardner

Harry Woods
Trimble Carson

Tom Keene
Johnny Blue

Robert Clarke
Lee Jorth

Harry Harvey
Sheriff Bagley
Thunder Mountain is a action, romance, western film released in 1947 exploring themes of sheriff, murder, jail. Directed by Lew Landers, it stars Tim Holt, Martha Hyer, Richard Martin. Marvin Hayden returns to find his ranch is about to be sold at auction and the Hayden Jorth feud still going strong. Carson wants the Hayden ranch and tries to kill Hayden. When he fails he kills Chick Jorth with a rock. As Hayden does not carry a gun and the two had argued earlier, Hayden is arrested for the murder. With Hayden in jail, his friends Chito, Ginger, and his Lawyer Gardner now go to work to find the murderer.
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