
Roll, Thunder, Roll!
Western
Overview
Jim Bannon is back as enduring cowboy hero Red Ryder in Eagle-Lion's Roll, Thunder, Roll. As ever, Ryder's cohorts are Little Beaver and the Duchess, here played by "Little Brown Jug" and Marin Sais. This time, Ryder tries to prove that a series of cattle raids and ranch fires were not the handiwork of masked Mexican do-gooder El Conejo.
Top Cast


Jim Bannon
Jim Bannon
Red Ryder
Jim Bannon
Red Ryder


Don Reynolds
Don Reynolds
Little Beaver (as Little Brown Jug)
Don Reynolds
Little Beaver (as Little Brown Jug)


Emmett Lynn
Emmett Lynn
Buckskin
Emmett Lynn
Buckskin


Marin Sais
Marin Sais
Duchess
Marin Sais
Duchess


I. Stanford Jolley
I. Stanford Jolley
El Conejo
I. Stanford Jolley
El Conejo


Nancy Gates
Nancy Gates
Carol Loomis
Nancy Gates
Carol Loomis


Glenn Strange
Glenn Strange
Ace Hanlon
Glenn Strange
Ace Hanlon
Lee Morgan
Lee Morgan
Happy Loomis
Lee Morgan
Happy Loomis


Lane Bradford
Lane Bradford
Henchman Wolf
Lane Bradford
Henchman Wolf


Steve Pendleton
Steve Pendleton
Marshal Bill Faugh
Steve Pendleton
Marshal Bill Faugh
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