Rage at Dawn is a 1955 American Western film by RKO Pictures starring Randolph Scott and Forrest Tucker, and featuring Denver Pyle, Edgar Buchanan, and J. Carrol Naish. It purports to tell the true story of the Reno Brothers, an outlaw gang which terrorized the American Midwest, particularly Southern Indiana, in the period immediately following the American Civil War. A more successful version of the Reno Brothers story was released the following year as Love Me Tender, starring Elvis Presley as Clint Reno. In this film's version of the story, four of the Reno Brothers are corrupt robbers and... killers while a fifth, Clint is a respected Indiana farmer. A sister, Laura , who has inherited the family home, serves as a housekeeper and cook to the brothers. Some of them served in the Civil War, which has given them a hardened attitude toward violence. One brother is killed when they go after a bank in a nearby town, leading them to draw the conclusion that someone that they know is an informant, as the men of the town appeared to have been waiting for them.
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| Release date: | March 26, 1955 |
| Directed by: | Tim Whelan |
| Runtime: | 87 Minutes |
| Screenplay by: | Horace McCoy, Frank Gruber |
| Genre: | Western |