''Under the Tonto Rim'' is a 1947 American

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film directed by Lew Landers and starring

Tim Holt Charles John "Tim" Holt III (February 5, 1919 – February 15, 1973) was an American actor. He was a popular Western star during the 1940s and early 1950s, appearing in forty-six B westerns released by RKO Pictures. In a career spanning mo ...

Nan Leslie Nanette June Leslie (June 4, 1926 – July 30, 2000) was an American actress. She was known for playing Martha McGivern in the American western television series '' The Californians''. Life and career Leslie was born in Los Angeles, Cali ...

, and Richard Martin. Written by Norman Houston and based on the novel '' Under the Tonto Rim'' by

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 fronti ...

, the film is about a gang of outlaws who rob a stagecoach and kill one of the drivers. The stagecoach owner goes undercover to learn the identities and location of the gang leaders. The novel had been adapted to film twice before, in

1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhan ...

and 1933, under the same title.Jewell, Richard, and Vernon Harbin (1982). ''The RKO Story''. New Rochelle: Arlington House, p. 221.

Premise

A cowboy goes undercover to get the gang who killed his driver.

Cast

as Brad Canfield *

as Lucy Dennison * Richard Martin as Chito Rafferty * Richard Powers as Dennison *

Carol Forman Carol Forman (19 June 1919, Epes, Alabama – 9 July 1997, Burbank, California) was an American actress best known for playing exotic villains in action serials, particularly Spider Lady in the 1948 Superman serial, as well as Sombra, the ...

as Juanita * Tony Barrett as Roy Patton * Harry Harvey as Sheriff *

Robert Clarke Robert Irby Clarke (June 1, 1920 – June 11, 2005) was an American actor best known for his cult classic science fiction films of the 1950s. Early life Clarke was born and raised in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He decided at an early age that h ...

as Hooker * Jay Norris as Andy *

Lex Barker Alexander Crichlow Barker Jr. (May 8, 1919 – May 11, 1973), known as Lex Barker, was an American actor. He was known for playing Tarzan for RKO Pictures between 1949 and 1953, and portraying leading characters from Karl May's novels, notably a ...

as Joe, deputy * Steve Savage as Curly * Richard Foote as Henry, deputy

Production

In the film, Tim Holt's character smokes a cigarette and has a drink, which was unusual for cowboy stars at the time."Westerns of Tim Holt"
accessed 4 June 2013

References

External list

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Review of film
at ''Variety'' {{Authority control 1947 films 1947 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films Films based on works by Zane Grey Films based on American novels Films directed by Lew Landers Remakes of American films RKO Pictures films American black-and-white films Films scored by Paul Sawtell 1940s English-language films 1940s American films