The Wild Westerners (1962)

Director:

Oscar Rudolph

Writer:

Gerald Drayson Adams (writer)

Release Date:

June 1962 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Tagline:

A U.S. Marshall... investigates gold robbers and murders

Plot:

Sheriff Plummer and his men are using their badges to easily rob gold shipments and kill the drivers...

Plot Keywords:

Gunfight | Secret | Squaw | Women Fight | Abduction

Cast

James Philbrook	...	Marshal Jim McDowell
Nancy Kovack	...	Rose Sharon
Duane Eddy	...	Deputy Marshal Clint Fallon
Guy Mitchell	...	Deputy Johnny Silver
Hugh Sanders	...	Chief Marshal Reuben Bernard
Elizabeth MacRae	...	Crystal Plummer
Marshall Reed	...	Sheriff Henry Plummer
Nestor Paiva	...	Gov. John Bullard
Harry Lauter	...	Jud Gotch
Bob Steele	...	Deputy Marshal Casey Banner
Lisa Burkett	...	Yellow Moon
Terry Frost	...	Ashley Cartwright
Hans Wedemeyer	...	Wasna
Don C. Harvey	...	Hanna (as Don Harvey)
Elizabeth Harrower	...	Martha Bernard
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Charles Horvath	...	Moose (uncredited)
Pierce Lyden	...	Jake (uncredited)
Joe McGuinn	...	Sam Clay (uncredited)
Francis Osborne	...	Lulu - Saloon Dancer (uncredited)
Marjorie Stapp	...	Saloon Dancer - Tall blonde (uncredited)
Tim Sullivan	...	Rev. Thomas (uncredited)
Dan White	...	Deputy Sheriff - Plummer's aid (uncredited)
Henry Wills	...	Ben (stagecoach driver) (uncredited)

Directed by
Oscar Rudolph

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Gerald Drayson Adams		writer

Produced by
Sam Katzman	....	producer

Original Music by
Duane Eddy

Cinematography by
Gordon Avil

Film Editing by
Jerome Thoms

Art Direction by
Robert Peterson

Set Decoration by
Sidney Clifford

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sam Nelson	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Charles J. Rice	....	sound supervisor
J.S. Westmoreland	....	sound (as Josh Westmoreland)

Stunts
Johnny Hagner	....	stunts (uncredited)
Henry Wills	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Albert Bettcher	....	first assistant camera (uncredited)

Music Department
Ross DiMaggio	....	conductor
Duane Eddy	....	musician: title song

Production Companies

• Four-Leaf Productions

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (1962) (USA) (theatrical)
• AS Films (1962) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Compagnia Edizioni Internazionali Artistiche Distribuzione (CEIAD) (1962) (Italy) (theatrical)

Also Known As:

Broken Lariat (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

107 min | 75 min (TV version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

West Germany:16 | Finland:K-16

Filming Locations:

Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA

Company:

Four-Leaf Productions

Soundtrack:

Wild Westerners, The

Another Sam Katzman extravaganza

Low-rent, cardboard horse opera from quickie producer Sam Katzman about a gang of crooked lawmen, a string of gold robberies, murders, Indians, and a bunch of other stuff, none of it even remotely interesting. James Philbrook is too old for his part and is almost visibly straining not to look like it, the exotic Nancy Kovack is way out of place in a rock-bottom cheapie like this and doesn't have much to do anyway, the script is tired, what passes for "action" scenes are limp and lifeless, the direction is leaden, and the whole thing looks cheap, rushed and incomplete--in other words, everything you've come to expect from Sam Katzman. To be honest, though, this little oater doesn't even come up to Sam's usual "standards"--for lack of a better word--and you can no doubt find much better ways to waste an hour or so than sitting through this. Don't bother.