Wildfire (1945)

Fanning has his men rustle horses and then blame it on a wild horse named Wildfire. Happy and Alkali arrive and immediately get into trouble with Fanning and his men. When Alkali is shot, ... See full summary »

Director:

Robert Emmett Tansey

Writers:

W.C. Tuttle (original story), Frances Kavanaugh (screenplay)

Stars:

Bob Steele, Sterling Holloway, John Miljan

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Bob Steele	...	'Happy' Haye
Sterling Holloway	...	'Alkali' Jones
John Miljan	...	Pete Fanning
William Farnum	...	Judge Polson
Virginia Maples	...	Judy Gordon
Sarah Padden	...	Aunt Agatha
Eddie Dean	...	Sheriff Johnny Deal
William 'Wee Willie' Davis	...	Henchman Moose Harris (as 'Wee Willie' Davis)
Gene Alsace	...	Henchman Buck Perry (as Rocky Camron)
Al Ferguson	...	Henchman Steve Kane
Francis Ford	...	Ezra Mills (as Frances Ford)

Storyline

Fanning has his men rustle horses and then blame it on a wild horse named Wildfire. Happy and Alkali arrive and immediately get into trouble with Fanning and his men. When Alkali is shot, Happy catches the outlaws but the Judge not only releases them, he discharges the Sheriff and tries to arrest Happy for rustling. Happy escapes and he and the Sheriff then set out to prove who the real rustlers are.

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Plot Keywords:

horse | sheriff | rustling | judge | wild horse | 

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Taglines:

Thrilling - Amazing! STORY OF A WILD HORSE WHO KNEW GOOD FROM BAD AND RISKED LIFE AND FREEDOM TO SAVE TWO WHO BEFRIENDED HIM...FROM DEATH! (original ad - mostly caps)

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Genres:

Western

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 July 1945 (USA)

Also Known As:

Terra de Sangue

Company Credits

Production Co:

Action Pictures (II)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

57 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Cinecolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This was Screen Guild Productions first release.

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Soundtracks

"On the Banks of the Sunny San Juan"
Written by Glenn Strange and Eddie Dean
Sung by Eddie Dean

User Reviews

The colorful west !

This 1945 Cinecolor B-western favorite features the great Bob Steele in a tale of wrangling, rustling & revenge . A magnificent but untamed horse named Wildfire is wrongfully blamed for rustling and horse-wrangling!

This was a rare color film for Bob Steele, with a unique twist on the standard sagebrush movie plot. Steele is very good here in the action scenes and was one of the better Cowboy heroes of the day. It was fun to see the singing cowboy Eddie Dean in the co-starring role as the local Sheriff !

Many of the films from this era are indistinguishable from each other, but the plot, performances and Cinecolor presentation make this a must-see for the Western fan. A notch above the average oater !