| The Singing Outlaw | |
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| Directed by | Joseph H. Lewis |
| Written by | Harry O. Hoyt |
| Produced by | Trem Carr |
| Starring | Bob Baker Joan Barclay Fuzzy Knight |
| Cinematography | Virgil Miller |
| Edited by | Charles Craft |
| Music by | Frank Sanucci |
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Running time | 57 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Singing Outlaw is a 1938 American "B" movie Western film directed by Joseph H. Lewis and starring Bob Baker as a singing cowboy. [1]
The film was the third that Lewis had directed, after Navy Spy (1937), which he co-directed with Crane Wilbur and Courage of the West . [2] This was the second of four films in which Fuzzy Knight played the comic sidekick to Universal's new singing cowboy, Bob Baker. [3]
A singing outlaw named Cueball and a U.S. Marshal kill each other in a shoot-out. A bystander (Baker) decides to take over the Marshall's identity. [4] To trap the local outlaw gang he pretends to be Cueball. [1] He finds himself struggling to stop the cattle rustlers and win the love of the daughter of a rancher (Joan Barclay). [4] Things get complicated when a sheriff captures him with the gang, and he nearly gets hanged before it is proved that he is not Cueball. [1]
A reviewer said, "The second of Baker's outings as a singing cowboy is notable for Miller's exceptional camera work and Lewis' emphatic direction." [5]
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