''Saddle Leather Law'' is a 1944 American
Western
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film directed by
Benjamin H. Kline and written by
Elizabeth Beecher
Elizabeth Beecher was an American screenwriter best known for her work on Western-themed movies and television shows in the 1940s and 1950s.
Early life
Beecher was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and is a descendant of Harriet Beecher Stowe, a ...
. 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: ...
,
Dub Taylor
Walter Clarence "Dub" Taylor Jr. (February 26, 1907 – October 3, 1994),Dub Taylor, 87, Actor in Westerns, The New York Times, October 5, 1994, Section B, Page 12 was an American character actor who from the 1940s into the 1990s worked extens ...
, Vi Athens,
Lloyd Bridges
Lloyd Vernet Bridges Jr. (January 15, 1913 – March 10, 1998) was an American film, stage and television actor who starred in a number of television series and appeared in more than 150 feature films. He was the father of four children, includi ...
,
Jimmy Wakely
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and
Salty Holmes
Floyd Holmes (March 6, 1910 – January 1, 1970), better known as Salty Holmes, was an American country musician and Western B-movie actor.
Holmes was born in Glasgow, Kentucky. He became a virtuoso on the harmonica, specializing in the style k ...
. The film was released on December 21, 1944, by
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production studio that is a member of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, which is one of the Big Five studios and a subsidiary of the mu ...
.
Plot
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 Steve Carlisle
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Dub Taylor
Walter Clarence "Dub" Taylor Jr. (February 26, 1907 – October 3, 1994),Dub Taylor, 87, Actor in Westerns, The New York Times, October 5, 1994, Section B, Page 12 was an American character actor who from the 1940s into the 1990s worked extens ...
as Cannonball
*Vi Athens as Jane Fielding
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Lloyd Bridges
Lloyd Vernet Bridges Jr. (January 15, 1913 – March 10, 1998) was an American film, stage and television actor who starred in a number of television series and appeared in more than 150 feature films. He was the father of four children, includi ...
as Paul Edwards
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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 ...
as Jimmy
*
Salty Holmes
Floyd Holmes (March 6, 1910 – January 1, 1970), better known as Salty Holmes, was an American country musician and Western B-movie actor.
Holmes was born in Glasgow, Kentucky. He became a virtuoso on the harmonica, specializing in the style k ...
as Salty
*
Reed Howes
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* R ...
as Reardon
*Robert Kortman as Choate
*Frank LaRue as Dr. Roberts
*Ted French as Quinn
*Ed Cassidy as Sheriff Tinsley
*Steve Clark as Deputy Sheriff Jones
*
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 ...
as Sheriff Burke
*
Nolan Leary
George Nolan Leary (April 26, 1889 – December 12, 1987) was an American actor and playwright.
Leary was born in Rock Island County, Illinois. His acting career started in France during World War I, providing entertainment for United States Tr ...
as Minister
*Joseph Eggenton as George Walker
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William Gould as Hiram Denton
*Netta Packer as Matilda
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, 0037239, Saddle Leather Law
1944 films
American Western (genre) films
1944 Western (genre) films
Columbia Pictures films
American black-and-white films
1940s English-language films
1940s American films