Dawn Rider
- Not to be confused with John Wayne's 1935 film The Dawn Rider, which this film is based on.
| Dawn Rider | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Terry Miles |
| Produced by | Paul Malvern |
| Written by | Joseph Nasser |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Norm Li |
| Edited by | Trevor Mirosh |
Production company |
NGN Productions |
| Distributed by | NGN Releasing |
Release date |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $5,000,000 (estimated) |
Dawn Rider is a 2012 Western film starring Christian Slater, Jill Hennessy and Donald Sutherland. It is a remake of the 1935 John Wayne film The Dawn Rider.
Plot
Cincinnati John Mason, who says he has never been to Cincinnati, visits his father in Promise, Wyoming in 1883. His father is not happy to see him, but they do get to spend some time together before the father is killed by a masked gang robbing the mail. Mason's friend Rudd needs $5000 to save his ranch and he doesn't care how he gets it, even putting the ranch before his sister Alice. Mason wants to find this gang because they killed his father, while a bounty hunter named Cochrane is after Mason. One way to attract the gang, and to possibly save Rudd's ranch, is the payroll for railway workers which is being delivered to Promise and must be taken from there to the railroad.
Cast
- Christian Slater as John Mason
- Jill Hennessy as Alice Gordon
- Donald Sutherland as Cochrane
- Ben Cotton as Ben McClure
- Lochlyn Munro as Rudd Gordon
- Kenneth W. Yanko as Dad Mason
- Claude Duhamel as Curly
- Matt Bellefleur as Greyson
- G. Michael Gray as Bragg
- Douglas Chapman as Chase
- Adrian Hough as Sheriff Cobb
- George Canyon as Cattle Jack
- Viv Leacock as Station Agent Adams
- Jill Morrison as Proprietor
- Mike Dopud as Ugly Mustache #1
- Gabriel Carter as Another Gang Member
- John Andrew Vaas as Barkeep (uncredited)
- Guy Villeneuve as Henchman (uncredited)