''Sing, Cowboy, Sing'' is a 1937 American

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film directed by

Robert N. Bradbury Robert North Bradbury (March 23, 1886 – November 24, 1949) (born Ronald E. Bradbury) was an American film actor, director, and screenwriter. He directed 125 movies between 1918 and 1941, and is best known for directing early " Poverty Row"-produ ...

and starring

Tex Ritter Woodward Maurice "Tex" Ritter (January 12, 1905 – January 2, 1974) was a pioneer of American country music, a singer, and an actor from the mid-1930s into the 1960s. He was the patriarch of the Ritter acting family (son John Ritter, grandso ...

and White Flash.

Plot

Drifters Tex and Duke happen to ride upon the massacre of a group hauling freight for the community by a gang hired by someone who wishes the lucrative business by himself so he can run the entire valley. Taking the only survivor, Madge daughter of the late owner of the freight hauling line to the nearest town, Tex and Duke take over the dangerous hauling business themselves for Madge. The pair get jobs as entertainers in Judge Roy Dean's (according to a title card of the film, not based on

Judge Roy Bean Phantly Roy Bean Jr. (c. 1825 – March 16, 1903) was an American saloon-keeper and Justice of the Peace in Val Verde County, Texas, who called himself "The Only Law West of the Pecos". According to legend, he held court in his saloon along ...

) combination saloon and courtroom to discover who is responsible for the massacre.

Cast

as Tex Archer * White Flash as Tex Archer's horse *

Louise Stanley Louise Stanley (born Louise Keyes; January 28, 1915 – December 28, 1982) was an American actress. Early years Born in Springfield, Illinois, Keyes was the daughter of Alvin Keyes, who was assistant director of the Illinois State Depart ...

as Madge Summers * Al St. John as Duke Evans * Charles King as Henchman Red Holman *

Karl Hackett Carl Ellsworth Germain (September 5, 1893 – October 24, 1948), known professionally as Karl Hackett, was an American actor. He served in the U.S. army during World War I. He was married to Ruby Burnette Moore. On October 24, 1948, Hackett ...

as Kalmus * Robert McKenzie as Judge Roy Dean *

Horace Murphy Horace Murphy (June 3, 1880 – January 20, 1975) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1931 and 1953. Early years Born in Osceola, Arkansas, Murphy was playing cornet by age 11, and six years later led the ...

as Marshal Tinker *

'Snub' Pollard Harold Fraser (9 November 1889 – 19 January 1962), known professionally as Snub Pollard, was an Australian-born vaudevillian who became a silent film comedian in Hollywood, popular in the 1920s. Career Born in Melbourne, Australia, on 9 N ...

as Man fined $28 *

Hank Worden Hank Worden (born Norton Earl Worden; July 23, 1901 – December 6, 1992) was an American cowboy-turned-character actor who appeared in many Westerns, including a dozen John Ford films, such as ''The Searchers'', and the TV series ''The Lone R ...

as Henchman * Chick Hannon as Henchman Joe *

Milburn Morante Milburn Morante (April 6, 1887 – January 28, 1964) was an American actor, film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding t ...

as Zeke *

Oscar Gahan Oscar, OSCAR, or The Oscar may refer to: People and fictional and mythical characters * Oscar (given name), including lists of people and fictional characters named Oscar, Óscar or Oskar * Oscar (footballer, born 1954), Brazilian footballer J ...

as Townsman * The Texas Tornadoes as Saloon musicians

Soundtrack

* Tex Ritter with Al St. John - "

Goodbye Old Paint "Goodbye Old Paint" is a traditional Western song that was created by black cowboy Charley Willis. The song was first collected by songwriter N. Howard "Jack" Thorp in his 1921 book ''Songs of the Cowboys''. Members of the Western Writers of Am ...

, I'm a-Leavin' Cheyenne" * Tex Ritter - "Get A Horse and Saddle" * The Texas Tornadoes - "I'm A Natural Born Cowboy" * Tex Ritter with The Texas Tornadoes - "Sing, Cowboy, Sing"

External links

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