''The Utah Kid'' is a 1944 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

Vernon Keays Vernon may refer to: Places Australia *Vernon County, New South Wales Canada *Vernon, British Columbia, a city *Vernon, Ontario France * Vernon, Ardèche *Vernon, Eure United States * Vernon, Alabama * Vernon, Arizona * Vernon, California ...

and starring

Hoot Gibson Edmund Richard "Hoot" Gibson (August 6, 1892 – August 23, 1962) was an American rodeo champion, film actor, film director, and producer. While acting and stunt work began as a sideline to Gibson's focus on rodeo, he successfully transitione ...

and Bob Steele. It was made and distributed by the

Poverty Row Poverty Row is a slang term used to refer to Hollywood films produced from the 1920s to the 1950s by small (and mostly short-lived) B movie studios. Although many of them were based on (or near) today's Gower Street in Hollywood, the term did n ...

studio

Monogram Pictures Monogram Pictures Corporation was an American film studio that produced mostly low-budget films between 1931 and 1953, when the firm completed a transition to the name Allied Artists Pictures Corporation. Monogram was among the smaller studios i ...

Cast

as Marshal Hoot Higgins * Bob Steele as Bob Roberts *

Beatrice Gray Beatrice Gray (March 3, 1911 – November 25, 2009) was an American actress and dancer best known for her appearances in a series of western films during the 1940s and 1950s. Gray was born Bertrice Alice Kimbrough on a farm near Carthage, Il ...

as Marjorie Carter *Ralph Lewis as Cheyenne Kent * Evelyn Eaton as Dolores *

Mauritz Hugo Mauritz Hugo (January 12, 1909 – June 16, 1974) was a Swedish-born American film and television actor. Selected filmography * ''Wanted by the Police'' (1938) * ''Criminal Investigator'' (1942) *''The Crime Smasher'' (1943) * ''Outlaws of Sta ...

as Barton *George Morrell as Sheriff *

Dan White Daniel James White (September 2, 1946 – October 21, 1985) was an American politician who assassinated San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, on Monday, November 27, 1978, at City Hall. White was convicted of manslaugh ...

as Henchman Slim *Mike Letz as Henchman Blackie *Jameson Shade as Judge Carter * Lynton Brent as Tells Bob He's Next (uncredited) *Jack Evans as Barfly (uncredited) *

Al Ferguson Al Ferguson (19 April 1888 – 4 December 1971) was an Irish-born American film actor. Born in County Wexford, Ireland, he appeared in nearly 300 films between 1912 and 1956. Billed as Smoke Ferguson, by 1912 he was making Westerns for Selig ...

as Bartender (uncredited) * Herman Hack as Henchman (uncredited) * Earle Hodgins as Rodeo Announcer (uncredited) * Lew Meehan as Bandit (uncredited) *Lew Morphy as Deputy (uncredited) *Fox O'Callahan as Deputy (uncredited) * Bud Osborne as Stage Driver Jim (uncredited)

External links

* * 1944 films American sports drama films 1940s English-language films American black-and-white films Monogram Pictures films 1944 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films Films directed by Vernon Keays 1940s American films {{1940s-Western-film-stub