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Where the West Begins (1938)

1938 · Feature film · 54 min · dir. J.P. McGowan

COWBOY CRUSADER ESCAPES LYNCHING PARTY! Singing Jack is in a tough spot when outlaws frame him - but he shoots his way out in a rousing fight-to-the-finish!

  • Western
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Synopsis

Lynne Reed, Jack Manning's fiancée, is stagestruck and wants to go to New York for a career. She is encouraged in this delusion that she is a great actress by Barnes, who offers to buy her ranch, cheaply of course, so she can have enough money to get to the Big City. Barnes has Jack thrown into jail on a trumped-up charge of cattle rustling, and organizes a lynching party to get Jack permanently out of the way. Things get more complicated when Buzz, Jack's pal, discovers the secret of Lynne's…

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Details

Director
J.P. McGowan
Writer
Stanley Roberts
Studio
Conn Pictures Corporation
Released
1938-02-02
Running time
54 minutes

Cast & crew

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★ · Jack Randall - Where The Film Ends - At The Beginning · Poohbah70 · 2019-11-28

There's not much to watch here, save a few specific spots, none of which involve average singer of forgettable songs, non-actor Jack Randall. Love interest Luana Walters is good to look at, and that's about it: here she plays a petulant, willful, childish, actress wanna-be in a way that's so bad its fun. Fuzzy Knight is a treat when he sings a bluesy Fats Waller type number, sans Waller's great piano playing. And, perennial drunkard Arthur Housman is great in his short appearance. Otherwise, the plot is thin: the henchmen carry guns and seem to want to play for keeps; their crooked boss…

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