Slim Carter (1957)

Director:

Richard Bartlett

Writers:

David Bramson (story)
Mary C. McCall Jr. (story)

Release Date:

November 1957 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Western

Plot:

Hughie Mack, a not so nice western singer, is discovered by Clover Doyle as the next movie cowboy hero...

Plot Keywords:

Singer | Beautiful Woman

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Jock Mahoney	...	Slim Carter / Hughie Mack
Julie Adams	...	Clover Doyle
Tim Hovey	...	Leo Gallaher
William Hopper	...	Joe Brewster
Ben Johnson	...	Montana Burriss
Joanna Moore	...	Charlene Carroll
Walter Reed	...	Richard L. Howard
Margaret Field	...	Hat Check Girl
Roxanne Arlen	...	Cigarette girl
Jim Healy	...	M.C.
Bill Williams	...	Frank Hanneman
Barbara Hale	...	Allie Hanneman

Also Known As:

A/K/A Slim Carter (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Finland:S

Company:

Universal International Pictures (UI)

Trivia:

Screenwriter Mary C. McCall Jr. said that the script was based mostly on the life of William Boyd, who had long played Hopalong Cassidy and for whom her husband (and co-writer) had worked in the 1930s: "It was a case of the man becoming the part - with the passage of time, Bill Boyd and Hopalong Cassidy were indistinguishable one from the other."

Soundtrack:

Cowboy

Fun to watch stuntman Jock Mahoney sing

While this film has a wonderful supporting cast of familiar Western and TV regulars (including Oscar-winning Ben Johnson and Paul Drake of the TV "Perry Mason", William Hopper), the most entertaining part of it is watching Jock Mahoney playing a singing cowboy and REALLY singing the songs. It goes without saying - although the credits do list it - that the master did his own stunts. Don't expect the next Citizen Kane or plan on hearing Jocko compete with Caruso, but get a kick out of the sappy plotline and watching the star display his varied abilities. You have to find it on TV, it's not on video to my knowledge.