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