An ex-gunfighter woos two women while avenging his brother, victim of a crooked gambler.
Rod Cameron Cathy Downs Reed Hadley Anne Gwynne Blake Edwards Henry Hall Dick Crockett Rory Mallinson Charles Judels Alex Gerry Francis McDonald J. Farrell MacDonald Stanley Andrews Jeff York Charles La Torre Frank Dae James Harrison Billy Wayne Trevor Bardette Ivan Bell Buck Bucko Roy Bucko Wheaton Chambers Ben Corbett Rube Dalroy Tex Driscoll Tom Fadden Art Felix John Frawley Show All…
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Lesley Selander's films have such a generic feel about them that sometimes it can be hard to differentiate one from another? He directed mostly B-Movies, with lots of Westerns starring the likes of George Montgomery, Rod Cameron, Sterling Hayden, and John Ireland, with Tall Man Riding starring Randolph Scott my undoubted favourite, so far, from the prolific Los Angeles born director. Even as a Western nut, I haven't yet ventured into Selander's rather extensive work with Tim Holt, which regardless of my love for the genre, might not be for me, but at some point I'm sure I'll give at least one of them a shot?
Panhandle has the usual short running time and plot you can follow with your…
I didn’t realize that Blake Edwards started as an actor - in this case as a villain henchman.
Panhandle (1948) packs a lot of western, doesn't have the best of narratives, but ultimately a enjoyable Rod Cameron experience.
The best Rod Cameron movie I've seen. A solid little B western with some good dialogue - written, produced and starring a young Blake Edwards (who also makes a fun heavy).
Yes, a lot to like here in this slick little 40s western from Selander. It is a much better film than the remake The Texican (1966) with Audie and Brod also directed by Selander.
Rod is strong, cool and calm like a granite bluff in this one. Cathy Downs and Anne Gwynne bubble like champagne and the rest of the cast are fine.
Orchestrations are good and there is an exquisite jazz guitar interlude in behind the billy the kid story bar scene. Sets are good with some noirish shots and some nice horseflesh all add plenty.
With a family size serving of right and wrong, plenty of cards, double dealin and gunplay the tight and punchy hard boiled western…
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Had a harder time placing it on my Blake Edwards list than coming up with this here blurb. He didn't direct, only co-wrote, and mostly just acts in it. What a strange little lacky he made too. Edwards looked like a tic next to Rod Cameron. Man's a giant! Facially there's quite the resemblance to Randolph Scott, he is built like John Wayne, and has the cadence of Lenny as played by Lon Chaney Jr. So a gentle giant. I'd say he had 'it', though. Very magnetic presence. Being honest, writing was nothing to Hi Ho, Silver about, it was the strength of every other dept. that brought this B-western together. It's plot is well…
My first Rod Cameron Western wont be my last. Very enjoyable and Im looking forward to its blu ray release in a month. Highlight is Rod's Billy the Kid story.
Entertaining if undemanding western in which reformed gunman Rod Cameron straps his six shooters back on to avenge the murder of his brother. Cameron is tall and tight-lipped, has a damned good punch up with one of the villain's henchmen, and courts the rather lovely Anne Gwynne upon whom the villain has set his lustful sights.
A Rod Cameron “A-minus, B-plus” picture from Monogram’s big cousin Allied Artists. Written and produced by John C. Champion (LARAMIE TV series) and Blake Edwards. Yes, Blake Edwards was involved in a few westerns before his directorial career began. Blake wrote himself a great part here as a crazed gunman named Floyd. Cameron keeps calling him “Little Boy Blue”.
Fast moving character driven western with good roles for Anne Gwynne & Cathy Downs.
A cheap western with small sets and lesser-spotted actors but good fun, nonetheless. Rod Cameron plays a reformed criminal who picks up his guns again to get revenge on the men who killed his newspaper editor brother. If it’s about anything, it’s the thin line between lawman and outlaw in a nation whose bones are still fusing.
This Western has a decent opening but it soons drifts into mediocrity
Rod Cameron is a former outlaw and marshal who must avenge his brother (also a reformed outlaw). Reed Hadley is the gambler who runs the lawless town. Cameron gets help from his brother's fiancée (Cathy Downs) and not so bad girl Anne Gwynne. Blake Edwards produced, wrote, and plays a young gunslinger. Best Western I've seen from Lesley Selander.
