''Little Joe, the Wrangler'' is a 1942 American

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film directed by Lewis D. Collins and written by

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and

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. The film stars

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, Florine McKinney and James Craven. The film was released on November 13, 1942, by

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Plot

Cast

as Neal Wallace *

as Sheriff Bob Brewster *

as Little Joe Smith *

as Janet Hammond * Florine McKinney as Mary Brewster * James Craven as Lloyd Chapin *

Wally Wales Floyd Taliaferro Alderson (November 13, 1895 – February 10, 1980) was an American film actor who specialized in westerns. After serving in the Great War, he began his career in the era of silent films, when he frequently used the name Wally ...

as Ben Travis *

Glenn Strange George Glenn Strange (August 16, 1899 – September 20, 1973) was an American actor who mostly appeared in Western films and was billed as Glenn Strange. He is best remembered for playing Frankenstein's monster in three Universal films d ...

as Jeff Corey *

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 ...

as Jimmy Wakely *

Johnny Bond Cyrus Whitfield Bond (June 1, 1915 – June 12, 1978), known professionally as Johnny Bond, was an American country music singer-songwriter, guitarist and composer and publisher, who co-founded a music publishing firm, he was active in the musi ...

as Johnny *Scotty Harrel as Scotty

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* {{IMDb title, 0034982, Little Joe, the Wrangler 1942 films American Western (genre) films 1942 Western (genre) films Universal Pictures films Films directed by Lewis D. Collins American black-and-white films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films English-language Western (genre) films