''Cattle Raiders'' is a 1938 American
Western
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film directed by
Sam Nelson
Sam Nelson (1896-1963) was a director who worked from the end of the silent through the early 1960s. While most of his film work was in the assistant director role, he did direct over 20 films during the 1930s and 1940s, all of which were western ...
and written by
Joseph F. Poland
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Selected filmog ...
and
Ed Earl Repp
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. The film stars
Charles Starrett
Charles Robert Starrett (March 28, 1903 – March 22, 1986) was an American actor, best known for his starring role in the ''Durango Kid'' westerns. Starrett still holds the record for starring in the longest series of theatrical features: ...
, Donald Grayson,
Iris Meredith
Iris Meredith (born Iris Shunn; June 3, 1915 – January 22, 1980) was a B-movie actress of the 1930s and 1940s film era. She starred mostly in heroine roles, in westerns.
Early years
Meredith was born in Sioux City, Iowa, but grew up in Eag ...
,
Dick Curtis
Richard Dye (May 11, 1902January 3, 1952), known professionally as Dick Curtis, was an American actor who made over 230 film and television appearances during his career.
Early years
Curtis was born in Newport, Kentucky, the son of Frank Dye ...
, Joseph Allen and
Edward LeSaint
Edward LeSaint (January 1, 1871 – September 10, 1940) was an American stage and film actor and director whose career began in the silent era
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dia ...
. The film was released on February 12, 1938, by
Columbia Pictures
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.
Plot
Tom returns, but finds out that he is now wanted, since his gun was found in a murder scene. Tom gets into a fight with Munro which he suspects his the murderer and collects a bullet from him, which he matches to the bullet used in the murder, however in the trial, the bullet evidence is ignored.
Cast
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Charles Starrett
Charles Robert Starrett (March 28, 1903 – March 22, 1986) was an American actor, best known for his starring role in the ''Durango Kid'' westerns. Starrett still holds the record for starring in the longest series of theatrical features: ...
as Tom Reynolds
*Donald Grayson as Slim Grayson
*
Iris Meredith
Iris Meredith (born Iris Shunn; June 3, 1915 – January 22, 1980) was a B-movie actress of the 1930s and 1940s film era. She starred mostly in heroine roles, in westerns.
Early years
Meredith was born in Sioux City, Iowa, but grew up in Eag ...
as Nancy Grayson
*
Dick Curtis
Richard Dye (May 11, 1902January 3, 1952), known professionally as Dick Curtis, was an American actor who made over 230 film and television appearances during his career.
Early years
Curtis was born in Newport, Kentucky, the son of Frank Dye ...
as Ed Munro
*Joseph Allen as Steve Reynolds
*
Edward LeSaint
Edward LeSaint (January 1, 1871 – September 10, 1940) was an American stage and film actor and director whose career began in the silent era
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dia ...
as John Reynolds
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Edmund Cobb
Edmund Fessenden Cobb (June 23, 1892 – August 15, 1974) was an American actor who appeared in more than 620 films between 1912 and 1966.
Biography
Cobb was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the son of William Henry Cobb and Eddie (Edmundi ...
as Burke
*
George Chesebro
George Newell Chesebro (July 29, 1888 – May 28, 1959) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 400 films between 1915 and 1954. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and died in Los Angeles, California.
Partial filmography
* ''Mi ...
as Brand
*
Edward Coxen
Albert Edward Coxen (8 August 1880 – 21 November 1954) was an English-born American actor. He appeared in over 200 films during his career.
Personal life
Coxen was born in London, England. He came to the United States as a child and lived mu ...
as Doc Connors
*Steve Clark as Hank
*
Art Mix
Art Mix (born George Washington Kesterson; June 18, 1896 – December 7, 1972), was an American character actor from the 1920s until the mid-1940s.
Biography
Prior to becoming an actor, Mix worked as a circus performer and a boxer. He initially ...
as Keno
*Clem Horton as Slash
References
External links
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1938 films
American Western (genre) films
1938 Western (genre) films
Columbia Pictures films
Films directed by Sam Nelson
American black-and-white films
Films with screenplays by Joseph F. Poland
1930s English-language films
1930s American films