Raiders of San Joaquin

In this western, two cowboys ride to the rescue of ranchers who are fighting to keep a land-grabber from taking their land and selling it to the railroad

Cast

Johnny Mack Brown

as Rocky Morgan aka The Black Rider

Tex Ritter

as Gil Blake

Fuzzy Knight

as Eustace Clairmont

Jennifer Holt

as Jane Carter

Henry Hall

as Bodine Carter

Joseph E. Bernard

as Jim Blake (as Joseph Bernard)

George Eldredge

as Gus Sloan

Henry Roquemore

as John Rogers

John Elliott

as R.R. Vice President Morgan

Michael Vallon

as Marshal Clark

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