The Mounted Stranger
{{short description|1930 film}}
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{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = The Mounted Stranger
| image = The Mounted Stranger.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| director = Arthur Rosson
| producer = Hoot Gibson
| screenplay = Arthur Rosson
| starring = Hoot Gibson
Buddy Hunter
Milton Brown
Fred Burns
Jim Corey
Francis Ford
| music =
| cinematography = Harry Neumann
| editing = Gilmore Walker
| studio = Universal Pictures
| distributor = Universal Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1930|2|8}}
| runtime = 66 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
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The Mounted Stranger is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film. It was a remake of The Ridin' Kid from Powder River (1924),{{cite web |last1=Wollstein |first1=Hans J. |title=Mounted Stranger (1930) |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/mounted-stranger-v102996 |website=AllMovie |access-date=June 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210627001957/https://www.allmovie.com/movie/mounted-stranger-v102996 |archive-date=June 27, 2021}} which was an adaptation of Henry Herbert Knibbs's novel of the same name.{{cite web |title=The Mounted Stranger (1930) |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/2594-THE-MOUNTEDSTRANGER?sid=fd1858bf-ee1e-4d88-9e65-7cf003974cf4&sr=8.934928&cp=1&pos=0 |website=AFI Catalog |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=June 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210627012400/https://catalog.afi.com/Film/2594-THE-MOUNTEDSTRANGER?sid=fd1858bf-ee1e-4d88-9e65-7cf003974cf4&sr=8.934928&cp=1&pos=0 |archive-date=June 27, 2021}}
Plot
Pete Ainslee locates Steve Gary, who killed Ainslee's father when Ainslee was a child and a witness to the murder. The adult Ainslee wounds Gary in a gunfight, but he becomes the hunted one after Gary recovers.
==Cast==
- Hoot Gibson as Pete Ainslee aka The Ridin' Kid
- Buddy Hunter as Pete as a boy
- Milton Brown as 'Pop' Ainslee
- Fred Burns as Steve Gary
- Jim Corey as 'White-Eye'
- Francis Ford as 'Spider' Coy
- Walter Patterson as Spider's lookout
- Francelia Billington as Mrs. Coy
- Louise Lorraine as Bonita Coy
Production
The Mounted Stranger was written and directed by Arthur Rosson. It was released on February 8, 1930, by Universal Pictures.{{cite web|date=|title=The Mounted Stranger (1930) - Overview|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/84061/the-mounted-stranger|publisher=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=December 25, 2015}}{{cite web|author=Hans J. Wollstein|date=2015|title=Mounted-Stranger - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/102996/Mounted-Stranger/overview|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151226143957/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/102996/Mounted-Stranger/overview|archive-date=December 26, 2015|work=The New York Times|publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide|department=Movies & TV Dept.|accessdate=December 25, 2015}} Harry Neumann was the cinematographer, and Gibson was the producer. Henry H. Knibbs was the author, and Gilmore Walker was the editor. The film's sets were designed by art director David S. Garber.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0021161|The Mounted Stranger}}
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Category:1930s English-language films
Category:American Western (genre) films
Category:1930 Western (genre) films
Category:Universal Pictures films
Category:Films directed by Arthur Rosson
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:English-language Western (genre) films
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