Rogue of the Range (1936)
1936 · Feature film · 56 min · dir. S. Roy Luby
- Western
Synopsis
U.S. Marshal Dan Doran (Johnny Mack Brown), working undercover with Sheriff Tom (Horace Murphy) of Gold Gap, stages a holdup so he can be sent to prison and gain the confidence of a jailed gang-member Jim Mitchell (George Ball). They are allowed to escape, and Dan is made a member of the gang, secretly led by Gold Gap bank manager Lige Branscomb ('Alden 'Stephen' Chase').
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- S. Roy Luby
- Writer
- Earle Snell
- Cinematography
- Jack Greenhalgh
- Studio
- Supreme Pictures
- Released
- 1936-04-24
- Running time
- 56 minutes
Cast & crew
- S. Roy Luby Director
Johnny Mack Brown
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★ · Stereotype of a different color · Dark Moon · 2011-12-03
About half way through the film, check out the little peddler with his yiddishkeit accent, straight off the shtetl. After looking through the window and making lots of sour faces, he resolves to stop in at the "Gold Nugget Cafe" and have himself a slice of ham. It might not be quite kosher, but a man's gotta eat, right? There's been a few comments in various reviews about ugly racial stereotypes in these early films. Isn't it nice to know they didn't save this drek just for the sch…ahem. Well, now that I've seen the rest of the film… Going undercover (and even to prison) to infiltrate…
