''The Arizona Raiders'' is a 1936 American

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film directed by James P. Hogan and starring

Buster Crabbe Clarence Linden Crabbe II (; February 7, 1908 – April 23, 1983), known professionally as Buster Crabbe, was an American two-time Olympic swimmer and film and television actor. He won the 1932 Olympic gold medal for 400-meter freestyle swimmi ...

and Marsha Hunt. It was based on a

Zane Grey Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author and dentist. He is known for his popular adventure novels and stories associated with the Western genre in literature and the arts; he idealized the American frontie ...

novel and released by

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. The film is also known as ''Bad Men of Arizona'' (American reissue title).

Premise

Nelson saves himself and Wilson from hanging. They acquire jobs at Linday's ranch and then foil horse thieves.

Cast

as "Laramie" Nelson *

Raymond Hatton Raymond William Hatton (July 7, 1887 – October 21, 1971) was an American film actor who appeared in almost 500 motion pictures. Biography Hatton was born in Red Oak, Iowa. His physician father steered him toward a career in medicine. Howev ...

as "Tracks" Williams * Marsha Hunt as Harriett Lindsay *

Betty Jane Rhodes Betty Jane Rhodes (April 21, 1921 – December 27, 2011) was an American actress and singer, most active in film during the late 1930s and the World War II era. She was also known as Jane Rhodes. Early years Rhodes was born in Rockford, Illin ...

as Lenta Lindsay *

Johnny Downs John Morey Downs (October 10, 1913 – June 6, 1994) was an American child actor, singer, and dancer. He began his career as a child actor, most notably playing Johnny in the ''Our Gang'' short series from 1923 to 1926. He remained active ...

as "Lonesome" Alonzo Q. Mulhall *

Grant Withers Granville Gustavus Withers (January 17, 1905 – March 27, 1959) was an American film actor who acted under the screen name Grant Withers. With early beginnings in the silent era, Withers moved into sound films, establishing himself with a lis ...

as Monroe Adams, Harriett's lawyer * Don Rowan as Henchman Luke Arledge *

Arthur Aylesworth Arthur Preston Aylesworth (August 12, 1883 – June 26, 1946) was an American stage and film actor. Early years Aylesworth was born in Apponaug, Rhode Island, to a military family; his father and his grandfather graduated from the United ...

as Andy Winthrop *

Richard Carle Richard Carle (born Charles Nicholas Carleton, July 7, 1871 – June 28, 1941) was an American stage and film actor as well as a playwright and stage director. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1915 and 1941. Carle was born in Som ...

as Boswell Albernathy, Justice of the Peace * Herbert Heywood as First Sheriff at Hanging * Petra Silva as Tiny - the Maid

Soundtrack

* Betty Jane Rhodes - "My Melancholy Baby" (Written by

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, lyrics by

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)

External links

* * 1936 films 1936 Western (genre) films Films based on works by Zane Grey American Western (genre) films American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films Films based on American novels Films based on Western (genre) novels Films directed by James Patrick Hogan Paramount Pictures films 1930s American films {{1930s-Western-film-stub