rage of dawn be one of a series of excellent western make by randolph scott in the 1950s . this one have scott pose a a train robber in order to infiltrate the reno brother gang in 1866. the brother frank ( forrest tucker ) and sim ( j. carroll naish ) and john ( myron healey ) among others be ambush during a holdup attempt in which their young brother be kill . they suspect an informer . it turn out to be peterson detective agency man murphy ( arthur space ) who be quickly eliminate . back at the peterson office and mr. peterson ( william forrest ) assign monk paxton ( kenneth tobey ) to the case along with ex southern spy james barlow ( scott ) . they stage a phony train robbery in order to gain the gang confidence . they then take refuge at barlow uncle ( ralph moody ) ranch and await contact from the gang . meanwhile and barlow have become acquaint with the reno sister laura ( mala power ) and spark fly . good reno brother clint ( denver pyle ) plead with barlow to take his sister away from all of this . barlow get in with the gang and learn that the local judge ( edgar buchanan ) and prosecutor ( howard petrie ) and sheriff ( ray teal ) be involve with the gang . barlow set them up in a train robbery and the reno brother be arrest . concerned citizen fisher ( trevor bardette ) and dedrick ( james lydon ) form a lynch mob and go to the jail and overpower the local sheriff ( george wallace ) and . this have get to be one of the great cast of veteran western performer ever to appear in one film . western lover will know what i be talk about . in addition to those mention above you will spot mike ragan ( aka holly bane ) and dennis moore and chubby johnson and william phipps in other role . one of scott well western of the period .