Rider on a Dead Horse (1962)
Directed by Herbert L. Strock
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Synopsis by Sandra Brennan
In this western a trio of prospectors bury their booty to keep the Apaches away. As one of the three rides away, another of them shoots him in the back. The killer allows only the hero to live as he is the only one who really knows where the gold is located. Later the Apaches attack and force the men to leave their horses. When the dead man's horse gallops by, the killer shoots the hero and rides away on his horse. Unbeknownst to him, he did not kill this man, who is later found and healed by a Chinese woman who hopes that when he is healed, he will take her to San Francisco. Meanwhile the killer has conned a bounty hunter into believing the hero killed the second partner. These two agree to split the reward and take off after the third man. The bounty hunter finds him with the girl while the killer rides off to get the gold. The hero man then gets locked in jail and the young woman must take the other to the burial site. Fortunately, the hero escapes and takes off to save her. At the burial site, the bounty hunter accidentally detonates some dynamite and blows the gold to smithereens causing the killer to truly lose his mind and attack the girl. Fortunately he is shot down by the hero who arrives at the crucial moment and then rides away with the girl.
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attack, bad-guy, bounty-hunter, China, cowboy, damsel-in-distress, escape, explosion, gold, good-guy, gunfighter, healing, help, hidden, horse, killing, locked-up, loot, Native-American, no-honor-among-thieves, partner, prospector, rescue, reward, search, secrets, tracking [following], death
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