The Arizona Cowboy

The Arizona Cowboy is a 1950 American Western film directed by R. G. Springsteen and written by Bradford Ropes. The film stars Rex Allen, Teala Loring, Gordon Jones, Minerva Urecal, James Cardwell and Roy Barcroft. It was released on April 1, 1950 by Republic Pictures.

Plot

A cowboy leaves his rodeo show to help his father, who is falsely accused of theft, and also to save a town from greedy oil barons.

Cast

Rex Allen as Rex Allen
Teala Loring as Laramie Carson
Gordon Jones as I.Q. Barton
Minerva Urecal as Cactus Kate Millican
James Cardwell as Hugh Davenport
Roy Barcroft as Henchman Mike Slade
Stanley Andrews as Jim Davenport
Harry Cheshire as David Carson
Edmund Cobb as Sheriff Fuller
Joseph Crehan as Colonel Jefferson
Steve Darrell as Sheriff Mason
Douglas Evans as Rodeo Announcer
John Elliott as Ace Allen
Chris-Pin Martin as Café Owner Pedro
Frank Reicher as Major Sheridan
George Lloyd as Fogarty
Lane Bradford as Henchman Curley Applegate

Production

The film's star Rex Allen, born to a cattle-ranching family in southeastern Arizona in 1920, was already known as the Arizona Cowboy when the film was produced. Republic Pictures had hoped use the film to launch Allen as a Western film star in the tradition of other singing cowboys such as Gene Autry and Roy Rogers and planned to spend $5 million in advertising and promotion featuring Allen over the ensuing five years.