''Songs and Bullets'' is a 1938 American

Western Western may refer to: Places *Western, Nebraska, a village in the US *Western, New York, a town in the US *Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western world, countries that id ...

film directed by

Sam Newfield Sam Newfield, born Samuel Neufeld, (December 6, 1899 - November 10, 1964), also known as Sherman Scott or Peter Stewart, was an American B-movie Film director, director, one of the most prolific in American film history—he is credited with d ...

and written by

George H. Plympton George H. Plympton (September 2, 1889 – April 11, 1972) was an American screenwriter. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. A prolific screenwriter, Plympton collaborated in almost 300 films. His earliest known credits date back to 1912 a ...

and Joseph O'Donnell. The film stars Fred Scott,

Al St. John Al St. John (also credited as Al Saint John and "Fuzzy" St. John; September 10, 1892 – January 21, 1963) was an early American motion-picture comedian. He was a nephew of silent film star Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, with whom he often performed on ...

, Alyce Ardell, Charles King,

Karl Hackett Carl Ellsworth Germain (September 5, 1893 – October 24, 1948), known professionally as Karl Hackett, was an American actor. He served in the U.S. army during World War I. He was married to Ruby Burnette Moore. On October 24, 1948, Hackett ...

, Frank LaRue,

Richard Cramer Richard Earl Cramer (July 3, 1889 – August 9, 1960) was an American actor in films from the late 1920s to the early 1950s. Burly, menacing and gravel-voiced, Cramer specialized in villainous roles in many low-budget westerns, but is today ...

and

Budd Buster Budd Leland Buster (June 14, 1891 – December 22, 1965), usually credited as Budd Buster (and sometimes Bud Buster), was an American actor known for B western films. He sometimes was credited as George Selk in his later work. Early life Bus ...

. The film was released on May 15, 1938, by Spectrum Pictures.

Plot

Melody Smith arrives in town to find his uncle's killer and at the same time Du Mont also arrives in search of her father's murderer, the two have suspicious of Harry Skelton, but he has the Sheriff on his side and manages to arrest Melody.

Cast

* Fred Scott as Melody Smith *

as Fuzzy Martin *Alyce Ardell as Jeanette Du Mont * Charles King as Sheriff *

as Harry Skelton *Frank LaRue as Mr. Morgan *

as Outlaw Leader *

as Zeke *

Jimmy Aubrey Jimmy Aubrey (23 October 1887 – 2 September 1983) was an English actor who worked with both Charlie Chaplin and Laurel and Hardy, having gone with Fred Karno's theatrical company to America in 1908. However he left to start on his own in v ...

as First Gunman *Lew Porter as Lew *James Sheridan as Hired Gunman

References

External links

* {{Sam Newfield 1938 films 1930s English-language films American Western (genre) films 1938 Western (genre) films Films directed by Sam Newfield American black-and-white films Films with screenplays by George H. Plympton 1930s American films