Under the Tonto Rim

Under the Tonto Rim (1947)

Thrills aplenty as lone avenger defies the law to storm the mountain lair of Arizona gang-boss!

A stagecoach owner goes to jail to catch a holdup gang.

Date of release
1947-08-01
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (3)
Runtime
1h 1m
Genres
Action, Western
Director
Lew Landers

Casting

Interesting facts

Under the Tonto Rim is a 1947 American Western film directed by Lew Landers and starring Tim Holt, Nan Leslie, and Richard Martin. Written by Norman Houston and based on the 1926 novel Under the Tonto Rim by Zane Grey, the film is about a gang of outlaws who rob a stagecoach and kill one of the drivers. The stagecoach owner goes undercover to learn the identities and location of the gang leaders. The novel had been adapted to film twice before, in 1928 and 1933, under the same title.

Production

In the film, Tim Holt's character smokes a cigarette and has a drink, which was unusual for cowboy stars at the time.

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