Rip Roarin' Buckaroo (1936)
1936 · Feature film · 53 min · dir. Robert F. Hill
A FIGHTING FOOL IN THE PRIZE RING AND ON THE RANGE
- Western
Synopsis
Fighter "Scotty" McQuade, contender for the light-heavyweight championship of the Pacific Coast,after being duped by his manager Ted Todd and fight-promoter Lew Slater, is disgusted with the fight game and decides to go back to punching cattle. He gets a job on the ranch owned by Colonel Hayden, where he once again encounters Slater, who has a crooked deal going that will cause Hayden to lose his ranch. With the aid of the Colonel's daughter, Betty Rose, and his pal "Frozen-Face" Cohen, McQuade…
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- Robert F. Hill
- Writer
- William Buchanan
- Studio
- Victory Pictures Corporation
- Released
- 1936-10-14
- Running time
- 53 minutes
Cast & crew
- Robert F. Hill Director
Tom Tyler
Beth Marion
Sammy Cohen
Forrest Taylor
Charles King
John Elliott
Richard Cramer
Wally West
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · Thanks Alexander! · Spuzz · 2005-12-19
This western starts off with a interesting premise, a boxer leaves the profession when his fights are fixed, and then gets a job as a hired hand at a ranch. But little does he know that the girl he has his eyes on has goo goo eyes for the guy who fixed his fight! (Gee, small world..) Whats more, he also has fixed a horse race that the owner of the ranch stupidly put up as a bet! Gee! Its up to the boxer/ cowhand and his motley of animal friends to save the day! After watching a number of westerns now, this is somewhat repetitive, eg the big race, the manipulative individuals looking for land…
★★★ · Tom Tyler - We'll Do It My - And Say Please · Poohbah70 · 2019-12-23
Tom Tyler plays a boxer betrayed by crooked fight promoter and decides to leave boxing to become a ranch hand once again. He's got a smile somewhere between sarcastic and leering and is certain the world starts and ends with him. He learns otherwise once he's fallen in love with the cute female lead Beth Marion. IMDb says she appeared in 17 films, 14 if then between 1935-38. Forrest Taylor plays the sleazy villain. Charles King is not a bad guy here - just a disagreeable foreman. There's not much western in this western,which starts and ends in a boxing ring. Yes, Tyler does knock down King a…
