Rider of the Plains is a 1931 American Western film directed by John P. McCarthy and starring Tom Tyler, Lilian Bond and Al Bridge.

[1] A reformed outlaw adopts an orphan, Silent Sandy.

When some citizens of the town discover Saunders's background, they contrive a scheme to take Sandy away by implicating Saunders in a robbery.

Sandy gives a false witness account to protect Saunders, and the real perpetrators are caught.

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