Gangster's Den

1945 film by Sam Newfield

  • 1945 (1945)
Running time
55 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Gangster's Den is a 1945 American Producers Releasing Corporation Western film of the "Billy the Kid" series directed by Sam Newfield. The film is notable for having three comedy relief characters; Al St. John, Emmett Lynn, and Charles King, who usually plays the villain.

Plot

Fuzzy (Al St. John) is upset that the ranch hands spend their time and money at a saloon where they lose their money drinking and gambling. Fuzzy decides to buy the saloon to keep an eye on the men and moderate their vices, but a shifty lawyer has other ideas and plans to use murder to get his way.

Cast

  • Buster Crabbe as Billy Carson
  • Al St. John as Fuzzy Jones
  • Sydney Logan as Ruth Lane
  • Charles King as Butch
  • Emmett Lynn as Webb aka Webfoot
  • Kermit Maynard as Henchman Curt
  • Ed Cassidy as Sheriff
  • I. Stanford Jolley as Lawyer Horace Black
  • George Chesebro as Dent, Black Henchman
  • Karl Hackett as Old Man Taylor, Bar Owner
  • Michael Owen as Jimmy Lane, Ruth's Brother

See also

The "Billy the Kid" films starring Buster Crabbe:

External links

  • Gangster's Den at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • Gangster's Den is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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