The Mysterious Rider

Billy the Kid and his pal Fuzzy escape from the Marshal and find themselves in the ghost town of Laramy. The city was abandoned because of Sykes and his gang, who are in search of a gold mine.

Cast

Buster Crabbe

as Billy the Kid

Al St. John

as Fuzzy Q. Jones

Caroline Burke

as Martha Kincaid

John Merton

as Dalton Sykes

Edwin Brian

as Johnny Kincaid (as Edwin Brien)

Jack Ingram

as Trigger Larson - Henchman

Slim Whitaker

as Rufe - Henchman

Kermit Maynard

as Joe - Henchman

Jimmy Aubrey

as Deputy

Art Dillard

as Deputy

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