Arizona Bushwackers (1967)
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Producer A.C. Lyles managed to do quite well for himself in the 1960s by making low-budget westerns crammed full of familiar faces whose stock in the film industry had slipped a bit. Starring in Arizona Bushwackers were such celebrities of yesteryear as Howard Keel, Yvonne De Carlo, John Ireland, Marilyn Maxwell, Scott Brady, Brian Donlevy, Barton MacLane and James Craig. Keel is cast as a Confederate POW who is pardoned when he agrees to patrol the West on behalf of the Union. Assigned to a wide-open Arizona town, he stands up to such disreputable types as a crooked sheriff (MacLane) and saloon-owner Ireland. When legal means fail, the ex-POW resorts to six-guns and fists to keep the peace. Yvonne De Carlo's part was to have been played by Betty Hutton, but the latter actress could not adapt to A.C. Lyles' "get it right on the first take" approach. Arizona Bushwackers may be cheaply made, but it is consummately acted by its strong ensemble cast and sturdily directed by Leslie Selander. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Howard Keel - Lee Travis
- John Ireland - Dan Shelby
- Scott Brady - Tom Rile
- James Craig - Ike Clanton
- Montie Montana - Stage Driver
- James Cagney
- Roy Rogers, Jr.
- Yvonne De Carlo - Jill Wyler
- Marilyn Maxwell - Molly
- Brian Donlevy - Maj.Smith
- Regis Parton - Curly
- Eric Cody - Bushwhacker
- Barton MacLane - Sheriff Lloyd Grover
- Director(s):
- Lesley Selander
- Writer(s):
- Steve Fisher
- Producer(s):
- A.C. Lyles
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