Rustlers' Hideout (1945)
1945 · Feature film · 59 min · dir. Sam Newfield
BLAZING GUNS ROUT RUSTLERS!
- Western
Synopsis
Rustlers' Hideout is a 1944 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield. In 1940 Crabbe had followed and replaced Bob Steele in the role of Billy the Kid in a series of B-Westerns. After 19 films as Billy, the character was renamed Billy Carson with seemingly no other changes to the series. He even kept his sidekick from the "Kid" films. This was the 14th of the Carson series out of a total of 23 (1940-1946).
Synopsis from Wikipedia
Details
- Director
- Sam Newfield
- Writer
- Joseph O'Donnell
- Studio
- PRC, Sigmund Neufeld Productions
- Released
- 1945-09-02
- Series
- Billy the Kid (Buster Crabbe) Collection
- Running time
- 59 minutes
Cast & crew
Sam Newfield Director
Buster Crabbe
Al St. John
Patti McCarty
Charles King
John Merton
Terry Frost
Hal Price
Falcon
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · Crabbe & St. John in One More Real Western · Poohbah70 · 2019-12-14
This film is part of PRC's series featuring Buster Crabbe (Billy Carson) and Al St/ John (Fuzzy Q. Jones). They've rehabilitated Crabbe from his Billy the Kid role so he didn't have to keep making excuses for being a wanted killer. They've also given St. John fewer stupid comedy routines to go through, putting this film much more squarely in the realm of "westerns'" The plot is an over used one - the rich banker John Merton and the rich saloon owner Charles King (every hero's favorite punching bag) are trying to cheat the ranchers out of their cattle, farms and in the case at hand, a man's…
