Broadway to Cheyenne is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film directed by Harry L. Fraser. The film is also known as From Broadway to Cheyenne (American poster title).[1] The film successfully combines the Western with the gangster film and vigilante film.
| Broadway to Cheyenne | |
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| Directed by | Harry L. Fraser |
| Written by | Wellyn Totman (story and adaptation) & Harry L. Fraser (story and adaptation) |
| Produced by | Trem Carr (producer) |
| Starring | See below |
| Cinematography | Archie Stout |
| Edited by | Carl Pierson |
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Release date |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
editA young and honest New York Police Department detective "Breezy" Kildare is attempting to arrest B.H. "Butch" Owens, the leader of a gang of criminals who attempted to bribe him. He is wounded in a shootout between Owens' gang and another gang in a Broadway night club.
His police chief allows him to recuperate and cool down in his thirst for justice back in his home of Wyoming where his father is a cattleman. Once arriving back home he soon discovers the gangsters who attempted to bribe and kill him are lying low there and diversifying by starting a Cattleman's Benevolent Association that is actually a protection racket protecting the cattlemen from such perils as having their cattle machine gunned.
When his father is shot in a drive-by shooting, Breezy leads the cattlemen against the well-armed gangsters who no longer have the power of a bribed administration or high-powered legal protection, but now have to face six-gun justice and lynch law.
Cast
edit- Rex Bell as "Breezy" Kildare
- Marceline Day as Ruth Carter
- Matthew Betz as Joe Carter
- Robert Ellis as B.H. "Butch" Owens
- George 'Gabby' Hayes as Walrus
- Huntley Gordon as New York City Dist. Atty. Brent
- Roy D'Arcy as Jess Harvey
- Gwen Lee as Mrs. Myrna Wallace
- Harry Semels as Louie Walsh
- Al Bridge as Al (Owens henchman)
- John Elliott as Martin Kildare
- Gordon De Main as Rancher
- Earl Dwire as Cattleman
References
edit- ^ Simmon, Scott (June 30, 2003). The Invention of the Western Film: A Cultural History of the Genre's First Half Century. Cambridge University Press. pp. 154, 168. ISBN 978-0-521-55581-4.
External links
edit- Broadway to Cheyenne at IMDb
- Broadway to Cheyenne is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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