Skipalong Rosenbloom (1951)

The town of Buttonhole Bend is in the clutches of the Butcher Baer gang who have killed every sheriff and robbed every bank in the territory. The brains behind the gang is saloon owner ... See full summary »

Director:

Sam Newfield

Writers:

Eddie Forman (screenplay), Eddie Forman (story),

Stars:

Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom, Max Baer, Jackie Coogan

Cast

Cast overview:
Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom	...	Skipalong Rosenbloom (as Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom)
Max Baer	...	Butcher Baer
Jackie Coogan	...	Buck Lovelace
Fuzzy Knight	...	Sneaky Pete
Hillary Brooke	...	Square Deal Sal (as Hillary Brook)
Jacqueline Fontaine	...	Caroline Witherspoon
Raymond Hatton	...	Granpappy Tex Rosenbloom
Ray Walker	...	TV Announcer
Al Shaw	...	(as Shaw and Lee)
Sam Lee	...	(as Shaw and Lee)
Joseph J. Greene	...	Judge Bean (as Joe Greene)
Dewey Robinson	...	Honest John, the bartender
Whitey Haupt	...	The Pecos Kid
Carl Mathews	...	Fake Indian
Artie Ortego	...	Henchman Artie

Storyline

The town of Buttonhole Bend is in the clutches of the Butcher Baer gang who have killed every sheriff and robbed every bank in the territory. The brains behind the gang is saloon owner Square Deal Sal. Skipalong Rosenbloom comes to town and is tricked into becoming the sheriff. He falls in love with Miss Caroline, the town schoolmar'm. Skipalong finally corners Butcher in Square Deal Sal's saloon, beats him up and corrals the rest of the gang.

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Taglines:

The Funniest Picture of the Year...You'll howl when you see it!

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Genres:

Comedy | Western

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 April 1951 (USA)

Also Known As:

Square Shooter

Filming Locations:

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

Company Credits

Production Co:

Willy Kline Enterprises

Technical Specs

Runtime:

72 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Spoofs Hop-a-long Cassidy (1935)

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Soundtracks

"Skip Along Maxie"
Music by Jack Kenney
Lyrics by Eddie Forman and Dean Riesner

User Reviews

I think I wet my pants I laughed so hard.

My cousin and I saw this movie when it came out in the early 50s.

We were like about 12 years old, the perfect age for this movie.

I think I wet my pants I laughed so hard. And yes, the balsa rocks. There is a fight scene where they are throwing rocks the size of cars at each other. Also I recall a scene in a gold mine where the villain is going to blow up Slapsie. The scene got so silly the cast was laughing at it. This was way before Sid Ceasar of any of the other crazy satire that started in the early 60s. It was way ahead of its time (of course I'm going on a 40 year old memory here). I think it was even before Mad magazine. It was the most insane thing I had ever seen. We couldn't believe it. Boy, would I like to get a copy, or even just see it again.