Rawhide (1938)
- Starring:
- Smith Ballew, Lou Gehrig, (more)
- Director(s):
- Ray Taylor
- Category:
- Westerns
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Singing cowboy Smith Ballew is the nominal star of Rawhide, but the audience only had eyes for Ballew's co-star: baseball-great Lou Gehrig, in his one-and-only screen appearance. Gehrig plays "himself"-that is, he's a rancher named Lou Gehrig. Pressured by crooks to give up his spread, Gehrig, his sister (Evelyn Knapp) and cowboy-lawyer Ballew inspire the neighboring ranchers to form a united front. During a climactic fist-fight in a pool hall, Gehrig utilizes his pitching skills to subdue the villains. A fan of B westerns in real life, Gehrig does his best to fit into the proceedings of Rawhide; his acting is strictly from hunger, but he does possess an imposing physique and an eagerness to the please the filmgoers. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 58 mins
Complete Cast:
- Smith Ballew - Larry Kimball
- Evelyn Knapp - Ed Saunders
- Carl Stockdale - Pop Mason
- Cy Kendall - McDonnell
- Dick Curtis - Gillam
- Charles "Slim" Whitaker - Rudy
- Cliff Parkinson - Rusty
- Lee Shumway - Fuller
- Al Hill
- Lou Gehrig - Himself
- Arthur Loft - Bascomb
- Si Jenks - Sheriff Kale
- Lafe [Lafayette] McKee - Butch
- Cecil Kellogg - Biff
- Tom B. Forman - Pete
- Harry Tenbrook - Johnson
- Edward Cassidy - Fuller
- Director(s):
- Ray Taylor
- Writer(s):
- Dan Jarrett, Jack Natteford
- Producer(s):
- Sol Lesser
- Categories:
- Westerns
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