Rollin' Plains (1938)
- Starring:
- Tex Ritter, Horace Murphy, (more)
- Director(s):
- Albert Herman
- Category:
- Westerns
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Filmed after the star and his producer already had signed a new deal with rival company Monogram, this Grand National Tex Ritter Western slashed the usual parsimonious budget even further by recycling the entire final reel of Ritter's previous Sing, Cowboy, Sing. Filmed back-to-back with Utah Trail, Ritter's final Grand National Western, Rollin' Plains once again burdened the star with perhaps the worst comic sidekicks available at the time, Horace Murphy and Snub Pollard, the latter still sporting the paint-on mustache he had used since the silent days at Keystone. The three played rangers coming to the assistance of Gospel Moody (silent screen star Hobart Bosworth), a cattle rancher in trouble with an ornery sheepman, Trigger Gargan (Charles King). Soon, Gospel is accused of killing old Hank Tomlin (Horace B. Carpenter), an act actually committed by his half-brother Cain (Ernie S. Adams). With Tex's help, Moody stages his own "death," only to come back as a "ghost." Accompanied by a group calling themselves The Beverly Hill Billies, Ritter performed Rollin' Plains by Whitcup, Samuels and Powell, Me, My Pal and My Pony by Frank Harford, and Rock of Ages by Augustus Montague Toplady and Thomas Hastings. Hank Worden, a friend of Ritter's from his days on Broadway, appeared in a bit part, still billed under his real name, Heber Snow. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 57 mins
Complete Cast:
- Tex Ritter - Tex Lawrence
- Harriet Bennet - Ruth Moody
- Edward Cassidy - Sheriff Tomlin
- Charles King - Trigger Gargan
- Lynton Brent - Lope
- Harry "Snub" Pollard - Pee Wee
- George Morrell - Townsman
- Oscar Gahan - Telegraph Clerk
- Horace Murphy - Ananias
- Hobart Bosworth - John "Gospel" Moody
- Karl Hackett - Dan Barrow
- Ernie S. Adams - Cain Moody
- Hank Worden - Squint
- Clyde McClary - Bartender
- Augie Gomez - Weevil
- Horace B. Carpenter - Hank Tomlin
- Director(s):
- Albert Herman
- Writer(s):
- Lindsley Parsons, Jacques Jaccard, Ed Kelso
- Producer(s):
- Edward F. Finney
- Categories:
- Westerns
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