The Lawless Rider is a 1954 American black-and-white western film directed by Yakima Canutt and starring Johnny Carpenter, Frankie Darro and Noel Neill, and marketed by United Artists.

Sheriff Brown is unable or unwilling to help, so Texas Rose asks her boyfriend, U.S. Marshall Johnny Carpenter, to come to her aid.

Johnny Carpenter shows up in town, in disguise, and impersonates the gunslinger Rod Tatum in order to infiltrate the outlaw gang.

Texas Rose Bascom performs her fancy trick roping act for the townfolk, but ruffians interrupt the event.

Gordon's friend/ roommate Ed Wood worked on the movie's screenplay with the film's star Johnny Carpenter.