Randolph Scott is more closely identified with the western than even John Wayne. Of course, both cinema giants worked in other genres, Scott in Astaire/Rogers musicals and Duke in war dramas and even comedies.
WORD’S WAYBACK presents RAGE AT DAWN a 1955 western starring Randolph Scott with a topflight cast produced by western veteran Nat Holt. In the late 1940s Holt made a couple of popular westerns each featuring a Who’s Who of famous outlaws. They were BADMAN’S TERRITORY and RETURN OF THE BAD MEN and both featured Scott. Well, Holt’s back at it again in this top 1955 film because, once more, we are witness to the story of western outlaws. In RAGE AT DAWN, it’s the train robbing Reno brothers. They are played with relish by Forrest Tucker, J. Carrol Naish, Myron Healey and Richard Garland as the bad brothers and Denver Pyle as good brother, Clint Reno.
Going undercover to catch the culprits are detectives Randolph Scott and Kenneth Tobey (THE THING). And wouldn’t you know it? Randolph Scott falls for gorgeous Mala Powers who just happens to have a last name that begins with “R.” That’s right? Mala’s one of the Renos. Little sister Laura. Complications will arise!
And the lineup of veteran western performers in this film continues with…Edgar Buchanan, Ray Teal, Trevor Bardett, Chubby Johnson, Jimmy Lydon, William Phipps, Dennis Moore, and Dan White. RAGE AT DAWN was directed by Brit Tim Whelan, best known for directing Sabu in THE THIEF OF BAGDAD. The director of photography is by Ray Renehen who shot the beautiful color westerns BELLE STARR, DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK, DUEL IN THE SUN, WHISPERING SMITH, PALEFACE and 99 episodes of TV’s LARAMIE.
During the 50s and 60s, producer Nat Holt transitioned easily to television, producing TALES OF WELLS FARGO, THE TALL MAN and SHOTGUN SLADE.
And Randolph Scott? We know he went on to make some of his best films and best westerns ever during the 1950’s with director Budd Boetticher, writer Burt Kennedy and producer Harry Joe Brown. Scott capped his illustrious career with a true classic, RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY, co-starring Joel McCrea and directed by Sam Peckinpah in 1962.
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