The Singing Outlaw

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 Singing Outlaw
Theatrical release poster
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
Production company	Universal Studios
Release date	January 23, 1938 (1938-01-23) (USA)
Running time	57 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

A singing outlaw named Cueball and a U.S. Marshal kill each other in a shoot-out and a bystander decides to take over the Marshall's identity.^[2] 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.^[2] 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]

Production

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.^[3] This was the second of four films in which Fuzzy Knight played the comic sidekick to Universal's new singing cowboy, Bob Baker.^[4]

Reception

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]

Notes and references

Citations

1. The Singing Outlaw (1937) - IMDB.
2. Beatty, England & Halperin 2005, p. 30.
3. Thomson 2008, p. 1650.
4. McClure & Jones 1972, p. 21.
5. Hardy 1983, p. 87.

Sources

• Beatty, Josh; England, John; Halperin, James L. (October 1, 2005). Heritage Vintage Movie Poster Signature Auction 2005 Catalog #624. Heritage Capital Corporation. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-59967-004-1. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
• Hardy, Phil (1983). "The Singing Outlaw". The encyclopedia of western movies. Octopus. ISBN 978-0-7064-2555-0. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
• McClure, Arthur F.; Jones, Ken D. (1972). Heroes, heavies and sagebrush: a pictorial history of the "B" western players. A. S. Barnes. ISBN 978-0-498-07787-6. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
• "The Singing Outlaw (1937)". IMDB. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
• Thomson, David (December 18, 2008). The New Biographical Dictionary of Film: Expanded and Updated. Random House Digital, Inc. p. 1650. ISBN 978-0-307-48868-8. Retrieved January 30, 2013.

External links

• The Singing Outlaw at IMDb