''Cowboy from Lonesome River'' is a 1944 American

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film directed by Benjamin H. Kline and written by

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. The film stars

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, Vi Athens,

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Jimmy Wakely Jimmy Wakely (February 16, 1914 – September 23, 1982) was an American actor, songwriter, country music vocalist, and one of the last singing cowboys. During the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, he released records, appeared in several B-Western movies ...

, Kenneth MacDonald and Ozie Waters. The film was released on September 21, 1944, by

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Plot

Cast

as Steve Randall *Vi Athens as Mona Grant *

as Cannonball *

as Jimmy Wakely * Kenneth MacDonald as Senator Daniel G. Proctor / Sheppard Proctor *Ozie Waters as Ozie Waters *Art Wenzel as Slim *Shelby Atchinson as Buck *

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as Red *Al Sloey as Al * Craig Woods as Hawley *

Ian Keith Ian Keith (born Keith Ross; February 27, 1899 – March 26, 1960) was an American actor. Early years Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Keith grew up in Chicago. He was educated at the Francis Parker School there and played Hamlet in a school p ...

as Matt Conway * John Tyrrell as Pop Mason *

Bud Geary Bud Geary (February 15, 1898 – February 22, 1946), was an American film actor. He appeared in 258 films between years 1920 and 1946. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah and died in Hollywood, California, aged 48. Partial filmography *' ...

as Jones *Steve Clark as Sheriff *

Jack Rockwell Jack Rockwell Trowbridge (October 6, 1890 – November 10, 1947) was an American film actor who was born in Mexico. He appeared in over 250 movies, mostly Westerns, between 1927 and 1947. Rockwell's older brother was character actor Charles ...

as Rancher Johnson

References

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* {{IMDb title, 0036726, Cowboy from Lonesome River 1944 films 1940s English-language films American Western (genre) films 1944 Western (genre) films Columbia Pictures films American black-and-white films 1940s American films