Cattle Stampede (1943)

Billy the Kid (Buster Crabbe) and Fuzzy Jones (Al St. John) are on their way out of Arizona being chased by some riders who hope to cash in on the reward money for their capture. They are ... See full summary »

Director:

Sam Newfield

Writers:

Joseph O'Donnell (story), Joseph O'Donnell (screenplay)

Stars:

Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Frances Gladwin

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Buster Crabbe	...	Billy the Kid
Al St. John	...	Fuzzy Q. Jones (as Al 'Fuzzy' St. John)
Frances Gladwin	...	Mary Dawson
Charles King	...	Henchman Brandon
Ed Cassidy	...	Sam Dawson
Hansel Warner	...	Ed Dawson (as Hansel Werner)
Ray Bennett	...	Stone
Frank Ellis	...	Henchman Elkins (as Frank Ellie)
Steve Clark	...	Henchman Turner
Roy Brent	...	Henchman Slater
John Elliott	...	Doctor George Arnold
Budd Buster	...	Rancher Jensen, Kelly's Pal

Storyline

Billy the Kid (Buster Crabbe) and Fuzzy Jones (Al St. John) are on their way out of Arizona being chased by some riders who hope to cash in on the reward money for their capture. They are warned in time by Ed Dawson (Hansel Warner), but Ed is wounded in the getaway. They get a doctor (John Elliott) to attend to Ed. The latter tells them there is a range war in progress across the border and that he is looking for men to help make a cattle drive to the rail junction. Agreeing to help, they head for the Dawson ranch and run across a Dawson man who has been killed from ambush. Mary Dawson (Frances Gladwin), Ed's sister, thinks they did it but they convince her of their innocence. The news of the killing causes ranch foreman Brandon (Charles King), secretly working for the rustlers, to try and get the rest of the Dawson hands to quit, but Billy intercedes and agrees to take the cattle through for Sam Dawson (Ed Cassidy). Brandon and Coulter (Glenn Strange) have their henchmen stampede the...

---

Plot Keywords:

cattle | ranch | stampede | range war | border | 

---

Taglines:

HE'S A TRIGGER-QUICK GUY! And The Toughest Badmen Can't Stop Him (original poster)

---

Genres:

Action | Comedy | Western

---

Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 August 1943 (USA)

Also Known As:

Billy the Kid in Cattle Stampede

Filming Locations:

Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

58 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

[first lines]
[Stone riffles through a handful of wanted posters offering rewards for the apprehension of Billy the Kid]
Henchman Stone: Five thousand more is 25,000, three is 28 and two is 30. The state's offering $30,000 for the capture of the Kid, dead or alive. Now we don't have to fight the law, because they're the ones who have to pay off. This is the easiest money I've run up against. Now Billy is a smooth customer - he's shot his way out of a lotta traps and we won't give him the chance. He's got to come...

User Reviews

Fun But Average Buster Crabbe Vehicle

Barely escaping capture once again, Billy the kid and his sidekick Fuzzy Jones take jobs as cowboys driving cattle to market, ending up in the middle of a range war and dealing with an unscrupulous cattle buyer who uses his men to stampede other people's livestock, offering to round up and buy them at cut-rate prices.

This is a typical episode in Producer's Releasing Corperation's Billy The Kid series, enlivened by some above average horseback riding action scenes and a good stampede sequence.

One great scene has Fuzzy showing off his boxing and shooting skills beating and taunting a traitorous and blustery cowpoke while the other cowboys cheer him on.