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Panhandle (1948)

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John Sands, a former Texas marshal turns to ranching, and later to a gunfighter when he sets out to prove that casino/saloon owner, Matt Garson, had his brother, a newspaperman, killed.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Rod Cameron ...
John Sands
Cathy Downs ...
Jean 'Dusty' Stewart
Reed Hadley ...
Matt Garson
Anne Gwynne ...
June O'Carroll
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Floyd Schofield
Dick Crockett ...
Elliott
Rory Mallinson ...
Sheriff Jim
Charles Judels ...
Botticelli, the Barber
Alex Gerry ...
Raven McBride
Francis McDonald ...
Crump
J. Farrell MacDonald ...
Doc Cooper
Henry Hall ...
Wells
Stanley Andrews ...
Tyler
Jeff York ...
Jack
James Harrison ...
Harland
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John Sands (Rod Cameron), formerly a Texas marshal whose talents with guns caused the law to turn against him,is a fugitive in Mexico, when he learns from "Dusty" Stewart (Cathy Downs)that his brother in the Texas panhandle, Billy Sands (John C. Champion), her fiancé and crusading newspaperman, his been mysteriously murdered in Sentinel, Texas. Despite the price on his head, Sands comes north to the panhandle to find his brother's killer. Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

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SEE The fiercest man-to-man fight ever caught on film! The last, wild stand of the Panhandle outlaws! The women who were more than a match for Texas badmen! See more »


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22 February 1948 (USA)  »

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Der Rächer von Texas  »

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The original plan was to shoot this western on 16mm film stock. Financing was then raised so that the film was able to be shot on 35mm stock. See more »

Quotes

John Sands: Sentinel? I know people in Sentinel.
Jean 'Dusty' Stewart: I hope you been getting letters from 'em regular. Last time they took a census, Boot Hill had quite a population.
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Referenced in The Pink Panther Story (2003) See more »

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Getting One Slick Article
26 May 2011 | by (Buffalo, New York) – See all my reviews

Panhandle, B western for Allied Artists stars Rod Cameron as a fugitive in Mexico who when he finds out that his brother has been killed in the Panhandle area of Texas right on the Oklahoma line comes north to settle accounts. The bad guy here is Reed Hadley who is the town boss where the brother was a crusading newspaperman.

Cameron has two women vying for him as well, Cathy Downs and Anne Gwynne. Both aid him at crucial times in his quest.

Hadley is one slick article however and he's got a lot of gunslingers on his payroll. One of them is future producer/director Blake Edwards who plays a punk gunfighter working for Hadley. Edwards also co-wrote Panhandle

Another reviewer compared Cameron's character to some of Clint Eastwood's heroes. I certainly haven't seen that kind of speed with a gun outside of such Eastwood classics like High Plains Drifter. Edwards and Cameron seem to be decades ahead of their time.

This is a B western, but it's pretty grim stuff, not at all like a Gene Autry or Roy Rogers Republic western. No real production values and Rod's speed is a bit unreal, but the film is nicely acted and not for the Saturday matinée crowd.


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