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Rage at Dawn

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Private detective James Barlow (Randolph Scott) is sent to Indiana to infiltrate the ranks of the four Reno Brothers (Denver Pyle, Forrest Tucker, J. Carrol Naish, Myron Healy), a gang running roughshod over luckless locals. After attracting the Renos' attention with a staged train robbery, Barlow gets in deeper when he strikes up a romance with their sister, Laura (Mala Powers). Gradually, Barlow devises a strategy to set the brothers up for ambush in another train robbery.
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Grant Watson Fiction Machine May 19
6/10
While the script and cast are excellent, Rage at Dawn suffers somewhat from lacklustre direction and pedestrian camera work. Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 09/24/2006
B-
The action scenes are carried off very well. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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ashley h @ashleyhobgood87 08/24/2016 Rage at Dawn is a decent film. It is about a special agent from Chicago is sent out west to bring in the notorious Reno brothers. Randolph Scott and Forrest Tucker give good performances. The screenplay is a little slow in places. Tim Whelan did an alright job directing this movie. I liked this motion picture because of the adventure. See more 05/27/2010 Boring 3rd rate Randolph Scott western about the Reno brothers makes Elvis' "Love Me Tender" story about the Reno Brothers look like a David Lean masterpiece. Scott is forgettable as the undercover operative who fakes a train robbery to get in with the Reno brothers gang, then later completely entraps them by planning another train robbery with them in on it. Forrest Tucker and Edgar Buchanan are wasted. See more Read all reviews
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Tim Whelan

Director

Randolph Scott

James Barlow

Forrest Tucker

Frank Reno

Mala Powers

Laura Reno

J. Carrol Naish

Simeon "Sim" Reno

Edgar Buchanan

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Synopsis Private detective James Barlow (Randolph Scott) is sent to Indiana to infiltrate the ranks of the four Reno Brothers (Denver Pyle, Forrest Tucker, J. Carrol Naish, Myron Healy), a gang running roughshod over luckless locals. After attracting the Renos' attention with a staged train robbery, Barlow gets in deeper when he strikes up a romance with their sister, Laura (Mala Powers). Gradually, Barlow devises a strategy to set the brothers up for ambush in another train robbery.
Director
Tim Whelan
Producer
Nat Holt
Screenwriter
Horace McCoy
Production Co
Nat Holt Productions
Genre
Western
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 26, 1955, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 3, 2019
Runtime
1h 27m