''The Vanishing Westerner'' is a 1950 American
Western
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film directed by
Philip Ford, written by Robert Creighton Williams, and starring
Monte Hale,
Paul Hurst
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,
Aline Towne
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Roy Barcroft
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,
Arthur Space
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Early years
Born ...
and
Richard Anderson
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. It was released on March 31, 1950, by
Republic Pictures
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.
Plot
Cast
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Monte Hale as Chris Adams
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Paul Hurst
Paul Michael Hurst (born 25 September 1974) is an English football manager and former player who is the manager of club Grimsby Town.
As a player, he was a defender from 1993 to 2008, notably playing his entire career at Rotherham United, b ...
as Waldorf Worthington
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Aline Towne
Fern Aline Waller (née Eggen, 7 November 1919 – 2 February 1996), known as Aline Towne, was an American film and television actress, best remembered for her lead roles in 1950s Republic serials, such as ''Radar Men from the Moon''.
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as Barbara
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Roy Barcroft
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as "Sand" Sanderson
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Arthur Space
Charles Arthur Space (October 12, 1908 – January 13, 1983) was an American film, television and stage actor. He was best known as Doc Weaver, the veterinarian, in thirty-nine episodes of the CBS television series ''Lassie''.
Early years
Born ...
as Sheriff John Fast / Sir Cedric Fast
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Richard Anderson
Richard Norman Anderson (August 8, 1926 – August 31, 2017) was an American film and television actor. Among his best-known roles was his portrayal of Oscar Goldman, the boss of Steve Austin (Lee Majors) and Jaime Sommers (Lindsay Wagner) in b ...
as Deputy Sheriff Jeff Jackson
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William Phipps as Bud Thurber
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Don Haggerty
Don Haggerty (July 3, 1914 – August 19, 1988) was an American actor of film and television.
Early life and education
Before he began appearing in films in 1947, Haggerty was a Brown University athlete and served in the United States Army f ...
as Henchman Art
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Dick Curtis
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Early years
Curtis was born in Newport, Kentucky, the son of Frank Dye ...
as Bartender
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Rand Brooks
Arlington Rand Brooks Jr. (September 21, 1918 – September 1, 2003) was an American film and television actor.
Early life
Brooks was born in Wright City, Missouri. He was the son of Arlington Rand Brooks, a farmer. His mother and he moved ...
as Sanderson's First Victim
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Edmund Cobb
Edmund Fessenden Cobb (June 23, 1892 – August 15, 1974) was an American actor who appeared in more than 620 films between 1912 and 1966.
Biography
Cobb was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the son of William Henry Cobb and Eddie (Edmundi ...
as Mort
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Harold Goodwin as Howard Glumm
References
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1950 films
American Western (genre) films
1950 Western (genre) films
Republic Pictures films
Films directed by Philip Ford
Films adapted into comics
American black-and-white films
1950s English-language films
1950s American films
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