
Rawhide(1951)
At a desolate relay station in the west, a stagecoach attendant and a stranded woman traveller are held captive by a band of escaped convicts.


“The lust for gold brought out the worst in men, when Bob Culpepper ranged the red Sierras to strike pay dirt and love.”
After he's accused of a series of stagecoach robberies, an innocent man has to find the real crooks.

Richard Dix
Bob Culpepper

Leila Hyams
Nellie Brian

Moroni Olsen
Missouri

Jessie Ralph
Mrs. Brian

Andy Clyde
Silas 'Solitaire' Carter

Onslow Stevens
Jack Hanway

Hank Bell
Henchman

Dorothy Coburn
Undetermined Role
Tex Cooper
Barfly
Rube Dalroy
Barfly
Yellow Dust is a western, romance film released in 1936 exploring themes of gold, stagecoach. Directed by Wallace Fox, it stars Richard Dix, Leila Hyams, Moroni Olsen. After he's accused of a series of stagecoach robberies, an innocent man has to find the real crooks.
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