The Kansan (1943)
1943 · Feature film · 79 min · dir. George Archainbaud
SMASHING FISTS AND CRASHING BULLETS...OF DESPERATE MEN IN LOVE!
- Western
Synopsis
Wounded while stopping the James gang from robbing the local bank, a cowboy wakes up in the hospital to find that he's been elected town marshal. He soon comes into conflict with the town banker, who controls everything in town and is squeezing the townspeople for every penny he can get out of them.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- George Archainbaud
- Writer
- Harold Shumate
- Composer
- Gerard Carbonara
- Cinematography
- Russell Harlan
- Studio
- United Artists
- Released
- 1943-09-10
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 nomination total
- Running time
- 79 minutes
Cast & crew
George Archainbaud Director
Byron Foulger
Albert Dekker
Richard Dix
Jane Wyatt
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Richard Dix - Enjoyable Western · Poohbah70 · 2020-01-08
There is a good script with a few twists and good acting by a lot of A actors in a B western. Richard Dix becomes a marshal when elected while unconscious, who decides to clean up the town. The problem is banker Albert Dekker (Steve Barat) who is greedy and squeezing the townspeople dry. Victor Jory is particularly good a Dekker's wry sleaze of a brother with a wavering moral compass - a failure as a gambler, all he wants to do is marry Jane Wyatt, the hotel owner. Looking quite beautiful, she too gives a good performance. Rotund Eugene Palette, an unlikely cowboy, gives a good performance as…
★★ · ...Well.Rough Print....But.Im In.. · doowopbob · 2010-09-11
...Solid Cast..w/Willie Best Too..!..
