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Riding Wild

1935 · 57 min

A brisk, no-nonsense oater that rattles through its range-war plot with plain talk and steady horse-opera momentum.

Directed by
David Selman
Genres
Western
Starring
Tim McCoy, Billie Seward, Niles Welch
Overview
It's roundup time and Stevens is out to start a range war between the big ranchers and the nesters. Tim Malloy is elected to head the roundup but is unable to stop the war and joins the nesters. With the nesters now well organized, Stevens finds a Malloy look-alike and makes a plan to use him to trap the nesters and wipe them out.

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Directed by
David Selman
Genres
Western
Starring
Tim McCoy, Billie Seward, Niles Welch
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • violence
  • justice
  • loyalty
  • power
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror1
Humour2
Realism6
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
western
Directed by
David Selman
Written by
Ford Beebe
Starring
Tim McCoy, Billie Seward, Niles Welch, Edward LeSaint, Richard Alexander, Dick Botiller, Edmund Cobb, Jack Rockwell
Cinematography
Benjamin H. Kline
Runtime
57 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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