Cattle Stampede (1943)

Director:

Sam Newfield

Writers:

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

Release Date:

16 August 1943 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Tagline:

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

Plot:

Billy the Kid (Buster Crabbe) and Fuzzy Jones (Al St. John) are on their way out of Arizona being chased...

Plot Keywords:

Cattle | Ranch | Stampede | Innocence | Cattle Drive

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	...	Man chasing Billy
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

Also Known As:

Billy the Kid in Cattle Stampede (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

58 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Approved | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl

Company:

Producers Releasing Corporation

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 by way of Coldwater Canyon and we'll be waitin' for him!

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.