The Arizona Cowboy (1950)

Ex-G.I. Rex Allen, a song-singing, bronc-busting cowboy for the rodeo show ran by Colonel Shawnee Jefferson is arrested by Sheriff Elmer Fuller as an accessory in the theft of $50,000 from ... See full summary »

Director:

R.G. Springsteen

Writer:

Bradford Ropes

Stars:

Rex Allen, Teala Loring, Gordon Jones

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Rex Allen	...	Rex Allen
Teala Loring	...	Laramie Carson
Gordon Jones	...	I.Q. Barton
Minerva Urecal	...	Cactus Kate Millican
James Cardwell	...	Hugh Davenport
Roy Barcroft	...	Henchman Mike Slade
Stanley Andrews	...	Jim Davenport
Harry Cheshire	...	David Carson (as Harry V. Cheshire)
Edmund Cobb	...	Sheriff Fuller
Joseph Crehan	...	Colonel Jefferson
Steve Darrell	...	Sheriff Mason
Douglas Evans	...	Rodeo Announcer
John Elliott	...	Ace Allen
Chris-Pin Martin	...	Café Owner Pedro
Frank Reicher	...	Major Sheridan

Storyline

Ex-G.I. Rex Allen, a song-singing, bronc-busting cowboy for the rodeo show ran by Colonel Shawnee Jefferson is arrested by Sheriff Elmer Fuller as an accessory in the theft of $50,000 from the Dusty Acres Irrigation Company reported to have been stolen by his father, Ace Allen, who has disappeared. Rex escapes and reaches the scene of the problem unknown and unrecognized. The real crooks are Hugh Davenport and his uncle Jim, head of the Dusty Acres band, who have kidnapped Mr. Allen as part of a scheme to wreck the community irrigation project which, they figure, will mean ruin for the farmers and ranchers who have sunk their savings into it. They plan to foreclose the mortgages and drill for the rich oil deposits they have secretly discovered. Rex, posing as a cowhand named Arizona Jones, obtains a job as a ditch rider and aided by Laramie Carson, daughter of his dad's partner David Carson, and cowhand I.Q. Barton, begins the project of clearing his father and trapping the real ...

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Plot Keywords:

wilcox arizona | singing cowboy | cowboy cowboy relationship | cowboy cowgirl relationship | cowboy horse relationship | 

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Taglines:

Year after Year Republic has delivered the tops in Western Personalities...And now...A Great New Star's Heading Your Way! (original poster)

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Genres:

Western

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 April 1950 (USA)

Also Known As:

O Cowboy do Arizona

Filming Locations:

Iverson Ranch - 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Republic Pictures (I)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

67 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Film debut of Rex Allen.

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Quotes

[while hiding behind a haystack, Rex starts to yodel]
Cactus Kate Millican: Well, sufferin' sassafras. All right, you ornery nightingale, come out - and don't miss that D-flat or I'll blow your head off!

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Connections

Edited into Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch (1976)

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Soundtracks

Arizona Waltz
Written by Robert Allen (Ad V Ab)
Performed by Rex Allen

User Reviews

Rex Takes His Bow

Not only did Rex Allen make his movie debut in The Arizona Cowboy, but he got a nickname for the rest of his life. Henceforth Allen who was born in Arizona and died there was billed as The Arizona Cowboy.

In this film debut Allen who is a rodeo rider hears about his father being a fugitive and responsible for sabotage on an irrigation project. The sheriff comes to the rodeo looking for Rex, but he beats it out of there and goes back home with an alias. Only Minerva Urecal recognizes him and that only after awhile.

Of course Rex's father played by John Elliott is being framed by the real culprits and Rex together with newly acquired sidekick Gordon Jones has to ferret them out. No mystery here we know right away who's been doing the dirty work. Let's just say he's got a real good reason for wanting folks to get off their properties.

Rex apparently didn't think too much of his film debut, but The Arizona Cowboy is not a bad B western and Allen fits the mold of the Saturday afternoon cowboy hero. He probably would have had a longer run in films had he come along earlier, but his type of film would be showing up regularly on various western television series.

I think any redblooded western fan will enjoy this.