Fighting Deputy (1937)
1937 · Feature film · 48 min · dir. Sam Newfield
- Western
Synopsis
The Sheriff and his deputies are after Scar Adams. Scar is the brother of Alice Denton, the girl Deputy Tom plans to marry, and when the Sheriff is wounded she makes Tom refuse the job of Sheriff. But when Scar kills his father, Tom puts on the badge and takes out after him.
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- Sam Newfield
- Writer
- Bennett Cohen
- Studio
- Spectrum Pictures (I)
- Released
- 1937-12-05
- Running time
- 48 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Feature Films
Cast & crew
Sam Newfield Director
Fred Scott- Phoebe Logan
Al St. John
Marjorie Beebe
Charles King
Frank LaRue- Eddie Holden
Lafe McKee
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · I've Had My Beer & Wheaties This Morning And... · Travisab1 · 2005-06-13
Well..This is really a fair to Midland show and I love these gunfights. I know that if youre like me while being a part of a posse and a shootin at the bad guys youd want to be in a good place sos youd have a better chance at shootin what youre a shootin at. Kinda like Gun Control, bein able to hit what youre aimin at heh, heh. I know Id wanna be on a roof top, a top of a large boulder, behind a mesquite bush orrrr maybe in a clearing sos Id be able to see the bad guys a little better for shootin em. Yup thats whered I wann be for sure. This movie is…
★★★ · Why we fight · Spuzz · 2006-01-26
Fighting Deputy is a pretty standard and tame western which has a high body count (3 at least) which is surprising for a movie such as this. Scar Adams (because, yes, he has a scar) is tearing the wild west apart! While the Sheriff is on the look-out for Scar and his gang, the Sheriffs son wants no part of his dads job, that is, until Dad meets an unfortunate demise.. Oh no1 What is he to do!?? This film is okay I guess, somewhat dry and slow in some places, but Fred Scott is fun to watch in that dopey kind of way. Plus, he sings two ridiculous songs, while his girlfriend tries in…
