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30 December 1944 (USA) moreTagline:
IT'S ROUGH! TOUGH! and TERRIFIC! morePlot:
Having been falsely court marshaled for cowardice and sentenced to prison by the Army, Jed Kilton escapes... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Compare and contrast to HBO's Deadwood moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Richard Arlen | ... | Captain Jed Kilton |
 | Robert Livingston | ... | Sam Ballou |
| Jane Frazee | ... | Chiquita McSweeney |
 | George 'Gabby' Hayes | ... | Hap Selby |
| Lynne Roberts | ... | Judy Parker |
 | Bobby Driscoll | ... | Spud Kilton |
| J.M. Kerrigan | ... | 'Judge' Jasper Kincaid |
| Russell Simpson | ... | Adam Parker |
| Frank Reicher | ... | Doctor Ballou |
| Cordell Hickman | ... | Abraham |
| Hayward Soo Hoo | ... | Jimmy |
| Roy Barcroft | ... | Sheriff Dan Pendleton |
| Fred Kohler Jr. | ... | Henchman Roberts |
| Monte Hale | ... | The Singer |
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USA:Approved (certificate #10436)Fun Stuff
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Richard Arlen and Bobby Driscoll play brothers in this film despite a nearly forty years' difference in their ages. moreFAQ
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This is a bigger-budget Republic western redeemed by director George Archainbaud's handling of the action scenes. It has strikingly similar plot elements to HBO's Deadwood series, chiefly that of the cutthroat, goldmine stealing, whoremongering, saloonkeeper played by former good guy actor, Robert Livingston, who has it in for the kid who witnessed his henchmen commit murder. The latter is not a typical plot element of this era's westerns. Unlike Ian McShane in Deadwood, there's no psychological depth, just the novelty of a former white hat hero playing a very black hat villain. The child, so quiet and watchful in Deadwood, here is a shrill and unnatural Bobby Driscoll.