The Daltons Ride Again

The Daltons Ride Again is a 1945 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor^[1] starring Alan Curtis, Lon Chaney Jr., Kent Taylor and Noah Beery Jr.^[2] The movie was made by Universal Pictures^[3] and the supporting cast features Milburn Stone ("Doc" in the subsequent television series Gunsmoke) and Douglas Dumbrille.

The Daltons Ride Again
Promotion for the film
Directed by	Ray Taylor
Screenplay by	Roy Chanslor Paul Gangelin
Produced by	Howard Welsch
Starring	Alan Curtis Lon Chaney Jr., Kent Taylor Noah Beery Jr.
Cinematography	Charles Van Enger
Edited by	Paul Landres
Music by	Frank Skinner
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	1945 (1945)
Running time	72 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Cast

• Alan Curtis as Emmett Dalton, a Brother
• Lon Chaney Jr. as Grat Dalton, a Brother
• Kent Taylor as Bob Dalton, a Brother
• Noah Beery Jr. as Ben Dalton, a Brother
• Martha O'Driscoll as Mary Bohannon, Emmett's girlfriend
• Jess Barker as Jeff Colton
• Thomas Gomez as 'Professor' J. K. McKenna, the Town drunk
• John Litel as Mitchael J. 'Mike" Bohannon, the Newspaper editor
• Milburn Stone as Parker W. Graham, a Land developer / bad guy
• Walter Sande as Wilkins / bad guy
• Douglass Dumbrille as Sheriff Hoskins
• Stanley Andrews as Tex Walters, the Dalton's friend

Critical reception

Critic John Howard Reid called it "a handsome little oater with good performances and a fine violent shootout as its climax."^[4]