Movie: Roll, Thunder, Roll!

Top 10 Billed Cast

Jim Bannon
Jim Bannon

Red Ryder

Don Reynolds
Don Reynolds

Little Beaver (as Little Brown Jug)

Emmett Lynn
Emmett Lynn

Buckskin

Marin Sais
Marin Sais

Duchess

I. Stanford Jolley
I. Stanford Jolley

El Conejo

Nancy Gates
Nancy Gates

Carol Loomis

Glenn Strange
Glenn Strange

Ace Hanlon

Lee Morgan
Lee Morgan

Happy Loomis

Lane Bradford
Lane Bradford

Henchman Wolf

Steve Pendleton
Steve Pendleton

Marshal Bill Faugh

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    Jim Bannon is back as enduring cowboy hero Red Ryder in Eagle-Lion's Roll, Thunder, Roll. As ever, Ryder's cohorts are Little Beaver and the Duchess, here played by "Little Brown Jug" and Marin Sais. This time, Ryder tries to prove that a series of cattle raids and ranch fires were not the handiwork of masked Mexican do-gooder El Conejo.

  • Release Date

    1949-08-26

  • Average

    6

  • Rating:

    3.0 starts
  • Tagline

    Rip-roaring thrills with the NEW RED RYDER!

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    English

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