Dick Turpin's Ride (reissued as The Lady and the Bandit) is a 1951 American adventure film directed by Ralph Murphy and starring Louis Hayward. It follows the career of the eighteenth century highwaymen Dick Turpin. It is based on the poem Dick Turpin's Ride by Alfred Noyes. Plot Highwayman Dick Turpin rides 200 miles to save his wife from the gallows in 18th-century England. Cast Louis Hayward as Dick Turpin Patricia Medina as Joyce Greene Suzanne Dalbert as Cecile Tom Tully as Tom King John Williams as Archbald Puffin Malú Gatica as Baroness Margaret Alan Mowbray as Lord Charles Willoughby Lumsden Hare as Sir Robert Walpole Barbara Brown as Lady Greene Malcolm Keen as Sir Thomas de Veil Stapleton Kent as John Ratchett Sheldon Jett as Ramsey Jostin References External links 1951 films American historical adventure films 1950s historical adventure films 1950s English-language films Films scored by George Duning Films set in the 1730s Films set in England Films directed by Ralph Murphy Columbia Pictures films Films based on poems Cultural depictions of Dick Turpin American black-and-white films Films about highwaymen 1950s American films