Saddle Legion
Saddle Legion is a 1951 Western film directed by Lesley Selander and starring Tim Holt.[2][3] It co-stars Dorothy Malone, who was one of Holt's most prestigious co-stars.[4] She was borrowed from Warner Bros.[5]
| Saddle Legion | |
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| Directed by | Lesley Selander |
| Produced by | Herman Schlom |
| Written by | Ed Earl Repp |
| Starring | Tim Holt Dorothy Malone |
| Music by | Paul Sawtell Constantin Bakaleinikoff |
| Cinematography | J. Roy Hunt |
| Edited by | Desmond Marquette |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
When a town drunk, Gabe, causes a cattle stampede, then shoots the rancher who fires him, cowboys Dave and Chito bring him to a new doctor in town, Dr. Ann Rollins, and then to justice after Gabe conspires with wealthy Ace Kelso and other rustlers.
Cast
- Tim Holt as Dave Saunders
- Dorothy Malone as Dr. Ann Rollins
- Richard Martin as Chito
- Movita Castaneda as Mercedes
- Mauritz Hugo as Ace Kelso
- James Bush as Gabe
- Robert Livingston as Regan – Henchman
- Cliff Clark as Fred Warren
- Stanley Andrews as Chief John Layton
- George J. Lewis as Mexican Police Captain
- Dick Foote as Sandy
- Robert J. Wilke as Hooker – Henchman
- Richard Martin as Chito Rafferty
Notes
According to film scholar Tom Stempel, Malone was "the most interesting actress" to appear in a Tim Holt Western:
The other women in the B westerns tended to be cute rather than sexy, but Malone's look and voice were sex personified. So when Chito flirts with her Ann, Malone is way beyond that kind of B western cuteness ... Malone's sexual presence upsets the usual dynamics of the B westerns, and the filmmakers may have realized that Malone's Ann would have eaten Martin's Chito alive ... [In the final scene] As he and Tim leave to take the cattle to market, Chito says to Ann, "You make sure you wait until I come back." Since the end of the Holt westerns usually involved Chito running or riding away from girl who wants to marry him, the ending of Saddle Legion is a little more adult.[6]
References
- "Saddle Legion: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
- "Saddle Legion (1951) – Overview – TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies.
- Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin (1982). The RKO Story. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House. p. 256.
- Schallert, Edwin (July 13, 1950). "Martin, Lewis Hitting Fast Film Stride; Jock O'Mahoney Series Star". Los Angeles Times. p. B9.
- THOMAS F. BRADY (July 13, 1950). "FOX WILL REMAKE 'BERKELEY SQUARE': Studio Plans New Version of Balderston's Play--Tyrone Power to Have Lead Of Local Origin". New York Times. p. 31.
- "Tim Holt and the B Western".
External links
- Saddle Legion at IMDb
- Saddle Legion at AllMovie
- Saddle Legion at the TCM Movie Database
- Saddle Legion at the American Film Institute Catalog