Riding Shotgun (film)

Riding Shotgun
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAndre de Toth
Written byThomas W. Blackburn
Based onstory "Riding Solo"
by Kenneth Perkins
Produced byTed Sherdeman
StarringRandolph Scott
Wayne Morris
Joan Weldon
CinematographyBert Glennon
Edited byRudi Fehr
Music byDavid Buttolph
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • April 1, 1954 (1954-04-01)
Running time
73 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.4 million

Riding Shotgun is a 1954 American western film directed by Andre de Toth and starring Randolph Scott, Wayne Morris and Joan Weldon. The film was based on the short story "Riding Solo" by Kenneth Perkins, originally published in the September 1942 issue of Blue Book. The production is unusual in that Scott narrates his inner thoughts at crucial moments in the action.