The Night Rider (1962)
Originally a pilot for a series called "Gallaway House" that was never picked up. The patrons of a late-19th Century America theater flock to see the latest production, a Western tale of redemption. Johnny Laredo, a middle-aged gunfighter fleeing his many enemies by traveling at night, stops briefly at the campfire of Tim Dawson's team of cattle drivers for a cup of coffee and a bit of human companionship. Dawson offers Laredo a job, but Laredo is afraid to return to Wyoming where he killed a number of men. Stopping in a small Texas town for supplies before heading across the Mexican border, the gunfighter is forced to fight a inexperienced youngster trying to make a reputation and kills him. Even though he is acquitted, the gunfighter has had enough and returns to Dawson, accepts the job, and hopefully, the opportunity for redemption.
The movie The Night Rider, released in 1962, features 6 songs from artists like Johnny Cash , Merle Travis and Eddie Dean, Merle Travis , Eddie Dean , Johnny Western and Gordon Terry, Merle Travis and Karen Downes and Whitey Hughes. What is your favorite song from The Night Rider?
Songs from The Night Rider
- Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair
- Don't Take Your Guns To Town
- Johnny Cash , Merle Travis and Eddie Dean
- Night Herding Song (Move Slow, Little Dogies, Move Slow)
- Merle Travis , Eddie Dean , Johnny Western and Gordon Terry
- South of the Border (excerpt)
- Merle Travis
- Skip to My Lou
- Karen Downes and Whitey Hughes
- Lord, I'm Coming Home
- Wesley Tuttle , Karen Downes , Whitey Hughes and cast