Randolph Scott
Larry Delong
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Riding shotgun. " Riding shotgun " was a phrase used to describe the bodyguard who rides alongside a stagecoach driver, typically armed with a break-action shotgun, called a coach gun, to ward off bandits or hostile Native Americans. In modern use, it refers to the practice of sitting alongside the driver in a moving vehicle.
A stagecoach guard is captured by outlaws and accused of being one of them by the townspeople. He tries to stop the raid and clear his name in this suspenseful and action-packed film directed by André De Toth.
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- Western
- André De Toth
- 1955-01-06
Riding Shotgun is a 1954 American western film directed by Andre de Toth and starring Randolph Scott, Wayne Morris and Joan Weldon. The film was based on the short story "Riding Solo" by Kenneth Perkins, originally published in the September 1942 issue of Blue Book.
Learn the history and usage of the phrase 'riding shotgun', which means travelling in the front passenger seat of a car or as a guard on a stagecoach. Find out how it relates to western movies, TV shows and airlines.
Learn the literal and figurative meanings of the idiom riding shotgun, which refers to the front passenger seat of a vehicle or a supportive role. Find out the origin, variations, and examples of this slang expression.
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A stagecoach guard tries to warn a town of an imminent raid by a band of outlaws, but is mistaken for one of them and hunted by the people he tried to help. He escapes, kills the leader of the gang, and proves his innocence in this Western film.
In the 1800s, Larry Delong wanders the West "riding shotgun" as a stagecoach guard, while searching for a ruthless killer, Dan Marady. Delong is so intent on his mission to find and kill Marady that he is lured from his post into a trap by an old-timer bearing Marady's good-luck piece, a Berringer pocket gun.
