''The Daltons' Women'' is a 1950 American

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film directed by Thomas Carr starring Lash LaRue and Al "Fuzzy" St. John. It was the seventh of LaRue's films for Ron Ormond's Western Adventures Productions Inc.p. 959 Pitts, Michael R. ''Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films, 2nd edition'' McFarland, 2013 The film was the first to be released by Howco, Ron Ormond's new film company composed of Ormond and

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owners Joy N. Houck and J. Francis White, and director Thomas Carr's first film in the Lash LaRue series. The film features appearances by several well known stars such as Jack Holt, Tom Tyler and

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and a lengthier running time of 77 minutes featuring a multitude of musical numbers, juggling, and a lengthy catfight. Though the Women of the title have little to do with the narrative of the film, "the frontier's first dance hall belles" were played up in the publicity, with the original

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giving Lash LaRue last billing. The film was shot at the

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Plot

US Marshal Lash and Deputy Marshal Fuzzy work undercover together with a female Pinkerton detective to end the Dalton Brothers working with a corrupt mayor and sheriff.

Cast

* Lash La Rue ... Marshal Lash La Rue * Al St. John ... Deputy Fuzzy Q. Jones * Jack Holt ... Clint Dalton/Mike Leonard *

... Mayor * Pamela Blake ... Joan Talbot * Jacqueline Fontaine ... Jacqueline Fontaine *

Raymond Hatton Raymond William Hatton (July 7, 1887 – October 21, 1971) was an American film actor who appeared in almost 500 motion pictures. Biography Hatton was born in Red Oak, Iowa. His physician father steered him toward a career in medicine. Howe ...

... Sheriff Doolin *

Lyle Talbot Lyle Talbot (born Lisle Henderson, also credited Lysle Talbot; February 8, 1902 – March 2, 1996) was an American stage, screen and television actor. His career in films spanned three decades, from 1931 to 1960, and he performed on a wide ...

... Jim Thorne * Tom Tyler ... Emmett Dalton * J. Farrell MacDonald ... Alvin - Stage Company Representative * Terry Frost ... Jess Dalton/Billy Saunders *

Archie R. Twitchell Archie Raymond Twitchell (November 28, 1906 – January 31, 1957) was a pilot for over three decades between the 1920s and the 1950s. He also had a second profession as a movie actor. He was a captain in the U.S. Army Air Forces The U ...

... Honest Hank *

Stanley Price Stanley Price (December 31, 1892July 13, 1955) was an American film supporting actor who appeared in over 200 films between 1922 and 1956. He was a charter member of the Screen Actors Guild. Career Price was an actor whose artistic career s ...

... Manson *

Bud Osborne Leonard Miles "Bud" Osborne (July 20, 1884 – February 2, 1964) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 600 films and television programs between 1912 and 1963. Biography Osborne was born Miles Osborne in Knox County, Texas, ...

... Adams the Stage Driver * Cliff Taylor ... George the Bartender * June Benbow ... May * Henry "Duke" Johnson ... The Juggler

Criticism

References

External links

* 1950 films American Western (genre) films 1950 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films English-language Western (genre) films {{1950s-US-Western-film-stub