The Man from Texas (1948)
Eagle-Lion studios inaugurated its new "big budget" western policy with 1948's The Man From Texas. James Craig stars as the El Paso Kid, who can't make up his mind whether to be an upstanding, decent citizen or a masked bandit. He continues to vacillate all through the picture, much to the dismay of his wife Zoe (Lynn Bari, in a rare sympathetic performance). Among those benefitting from the Kid's "good" spells is the Widow Weeks (Una Merkel), who's in danger of losing her farm. Singing star Johnnie Johnston wanders in and out of the proceedings as a frontier balladeer, occasionally commenting upon the action -- a device later used to better effect in Lang's Rancho Notorious and Zinneman's High Noon. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- James Craig, Lynn Bari, (more)
- Director(s):
- Leigh Jason
Synopsis of The Man from Texas
Eagle-Lion studios inaugurated its new "big budget" western policy with 1948's The Man From Texas. James Craig stars as the El Paso Kid, who can't make up his mind whether to be an upstanding, decent citizen or a masked bandit. He continues to vacillate all through the picture, much to the dismay of his wife Zoe (Lynn Bari, in a rare sympathetic performance). Among those benefitting from the Kid's "good" spells is the Widow Weeks (Una Merkel), who's in danger of losing her farm. Singing star Johnnie Johnston wanders in and out of the proceedings as a frontier balladeer, occasionally commenting upon the action -- a device later used to better effect in Lang's Rancho Notorious and Zinneman's High Noon. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Man from Texas
- James Craig - El Paso Kid
- Johnny Johnston - Billy Taylor
- Wallace Ford - Jed
- Sara Allgood - Aunt Belle
- Reed Hadley - U.S. Marshal
- Bert Conway - Bob Jackson
- Lynn Bari - Lee Bixbee
- Una Merkel - Widow Weeks
- Harry Davenport - Pop Hickey
- Victor Cutler - Charles Jackson
- Clancy Cooper - Jim Walsh
- King Donovan - Sam
- Director(s):
- Leigh Jason
- Writer(s):
- Jerome Chodorov, Joseph Fields
- Producer(s):
- Joseph Fields
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