''The Black Lash'' is a 1952 American western film produced and directed by Ron Ormond and starring Lash LaRue and Al "Fuzzy" St. John. It was the eleventh of LaRue's films for Ormond's Western Adventures Productions Inc. The film was the fifth to be released by

Howco Howco Productions later Howco International Pictures, was an American film production and distribution company based in South Carolina, specialising in low budget B pictures designed for double features. In 1951 Joy Newton Houck Sr. (born 10 ...

, Ron Ormond's new film company composed of Ormond and drive-in movie owners Joy N. Houck and J. Francis White, and Ormond's second film as director. The screenplay is credited to Ormond's wife June Carr and his infant (born 1950) son Timothy. The film is composed mostly of footage from previous Ormond LaRue Westerns with the majority of scenes taken from ''

Frontier Revenge ''Frontier Revenge'' is a 1948 American Western film written and directed by Ray Taylor and starring Lash LaRue and Al "Fuzzy" St. John. The film is a remake of Ray Taylor's ''Panamint's Bad Man'' (1938). Filmed at the Corriganville Movie Ranc ...

'' (1948) with Ray Bennett repeating his role as the released Duce Rago, making the film a sequel to that film.p. 32 Pitts, Michael R. ''Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films, 2nd edition'' McFarland, 13 Dec 2012

Premise

Fuzzy finds himself separated from Lash who is posing as one of the Dalton Gang with undercover range detective Lem Woodruff. Fuzzy teams up with the pair to find themselves facing Duce Rago who has only served 6 months of a life sentence. In addition to taking on Duce's gang they set their sights on the justice system that let Duce loose.

Cast

* Lash La Rue as Marshal Lash LaRue * Al St. John as Fuzzy Q. Jones * Ray Bennett as Deuce Rago * Peggy Stewart as Joan Delysa * Kermit Maynard as Lem Woodruff *

Byron Keith Byron Keith (born Cletus Leo Schwitters; November 17, 1917 – January 19, 1996) was an American actor. He also worked on radio as Clete Lee. Keith made his film debut in the 1946 Orson Welles thriller '' The Stranger'' and appeared mostly in s ...

as Bill Leonard *

John L. Cason John Lacy Cason (July 30, 1918 – July 7, 1961), also credited as Bob Cason and John L. Cason, was an American actor active in both films and television. During his 20-year career he appeared in over 200 films and television shows. He is b ...

as Cord * Clarke Stevens as Johnson * Roy Butler as Mayor Redfield * Larry Barton as The Judge * Cliff Taylor as Bartender * Bud Osborne as Telegrepher

References

External links

* 1952 films American Western (genre) films 1952 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films 1950s English-language films Films directed by Ron Ormond 1950s American films {{1950s-western-film-stub