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[[File:vance-corbin.jpg|500px|thumb|right|Vance Corbin a.k.a. the Night Rider (Roy Rogers) / From the film.]] | [[File:vance-corbin.jpg|500px|thumb|right|Vance Corbin a.k.a. the Night Rider (Roy Rogers) / From the film.]] | ||
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<p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-02-28. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p | <p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-02-28. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p>This film's premise is that "[f]ollowing the dark days of the Civil War the South faced a new enemy, the carpet-bagger. Using the cloak of politics to make a travesty of the Courts of Justice, they plundered a people beaten but unbowed, still eager to fight, unafraid to die for their vanquished land." | ||
=== Plot === | === Plot === | ||
<div class="plot">Gabby Hayes, .ak.a. the Night Rider is a Robin Hood-like character who stands up against Ambrose Ballard, a carpetbagger who is out to take over all of Purvis County. Harassed by Ballard and his men, the locals meet at night to form a self-defence committee. Ballard's men bust in, searching for the Night Rider. They get a tip that the Night Rider has gone to the mountains. At an inn in the mountains the captain of Ballard's men finds a man named Lance Corbin playing the banjo and singing, while the owner of the inn, Sam Starr, is having a bath. Corbin claims he has seen the Night Rider riding towards town. After a fruitless chase the Captain returns to Ballard to report, telling him about the singing visitor at the inn. Lawyer Wilbur Cravens, who is in league with Ballard, knows this must be Vance Corbin, who he heard singing at the meeting earlier that night and who must therefore be the Night Rider. Ballard's men cannot find Corbin, but Sam Starr and his daughter Belle are arrested. | <div class="plot">Gabby Hayes, .ak.a. the Night Rider is a Robin Hood-like character who stands up against Ambrose Ballard, a carpetbagger who is out to take over all of Purvis County. Harassed by Ballard and his men, the locals meet at night to form a self-defence committee. Ballard's men bust in, searching for the Night Rider. They get a tip that the Night Rider has gone to the mountains. At an inn in the mountains the captain of Ballard's men finds a man named Lance Corbin playing the banjo and singing, while the owner of the inn, Sam Starr, is having a bath. Corbin claims he has seen the Night Rider riding towards town. After a fruitless chase the Captain returns to Ballard to report, telling him about the singing visitor at the inn. Lawyer Wilbur Cravens, who is in league with Ballard, knows this must be Vance Corbin, who he heard singing at the meeting earlier that night and who must therefore be the Night Rider. Ballard's men cannot find Corbin, but Sam Starr and his daughter Belle are arrested. | ||
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=== Cast and crew === | === Cast and crew === | ||
All credits from the film unless otherwise indicated in footnotes. | |||
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== Sources == | |||
* [http://davycrockettsalmanack.blogspot.dk/2012/02/overlooked-films-robin-hood-of-pecos.html David Crockett's Almanack: Overlooked Films: Robin Hood of the Pecos] (21 Feb. 2012) | * [http://davycrockettsalmanack.blogspot.dk/2012/02/overlooked-films-robin-hood-of-pecos.html David Crockett's Almanack: Overlooked Films: Robin Hood of the Pecos] (21 Feb. 2012) | ||
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034120/ IMDB: Robin Hood of the Pecos] | * [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034120/ IMDB: Robin Hood of the Pecos] | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hood_of_the_Pecos Wikipedia: Robin Hood of the Pecos.] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hood_of_the_Pecos Wikipedia: Robin Hood of the Pecos.] | ||
== Background == | |||
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0518979/ IMDb: Hal Long (I) (1907–1981)] | * [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0518979/ IMDb: Hal Long (I) (1907–1981)] | ||
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0833382/ IMDb: Robert Strange] | * [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0833382/ IMDb: Robert Strange] | ||
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Payne Wikipedia: Sally Payne] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Payne Wikipedia: Sally Payne] | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Haade Wikipedia: William Haade.] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Haade Wikipedia: William Haade.] | ||
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<gallery widths="195px">File:vance-corbin.jpg|500px|right|Vance Corbin a.k.a. the Night Rider (Roy Rogers) / From the film. | <gallery widths="195px">File:vance-corbin.jpg|500px|right|Vance Corbin a.k.a. the Night Rider (Roy Rogers) / From the film. | ||
File:belle-starr.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Belle Starr (Sally Payne) / From the film. | File:belle-starr.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Belle Starr (Sally Payne) / From the film. | ||
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Latest revision as of 06:44, 17 May 2022
Film | |
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Title | Robin Hood of the Pecos |
Year | 1941 |
Type | Film with Robin Hood-related title |
Country | USA |
Production | Republic Pictures Corporation |
Distribution | Republic Pictures |
Studio | |
Episodes | 1 |
Duration | 59 min |
Colour | B/w |
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-02-28. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2022-05-17.
This film's premise is that "[f]ollowing the dark days of the Civil War the South faced a new enemy, the carpet-bagger. Using the cloak of politics to make a travesty of the Courts of Justice, they plundered a people beaten but unbowed, still eager to fight, unafraid to die for their vanquished land."Plot
U.S.Army Colonel Davis comes to Purvis County, telling the locals they can take the amnesty oath to end Martial Law. They do so, and Davis sets the prisoners free. An election is held. Vance Corbin is elected sheriff, Wilbur Cravens judge. As he is starting to look into Ballard's corrupt practices, Colonel Davis is shot by Stacy, one of Ballard's employees. With the colonel out of the way, Ballard reestablishes his corrupt regime. Vance Corbin escapes before he can be caught, but Belle Starr and William Horniday, who is now known to be the Night Rider, are arrested. Marshall law is reintroduced: "By Decree of General Wright, Military Commander of Texas, Martial Law shall be established in Purvis County under Ambrose Ballard until the murderer of Colonel Davis is apprehended." After the two prisoners have been found not guilty by a jury, Ballard declares a mistrial and sentences them to death before a firing squad.
Cast and crew
All credits from the film unless otherwise indicated in footnotes.
Cast
Role | Actor |
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Ambrose Ballard | Cy Kendall |
Belle Starr | Sally Payne |
Captain Jeff Morgan | William Haade |
Gabriel 'Gabby' Hornaday | George 'Gabby' Hayes |
Jailer Guffy | Roscoe Ates |
Jeanie Grayson | Marjorie Reynolds |
Kezeye | Leigh Whipper |
Mose | ? |
Sam Starr | Eddie Acuff |
Stacy | Jay Novello |
Vance Corbin | Roy Rogers |
Wilbur Cravens | Robert Strange |
Crew
Function | Name |
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Associate producer | Joseph Kane |
Cinematography | Jack A. Marta |
Director | Joseph Kane |
Film editor | Charles Craft |
Musical director | Cy Feuer |
Original story | Hal Long |
Production manager | Al Wilson |
Screenplay | Olive Cooper |
Story writer | Hal Long |
Technical data and formats
Audio | Mono |
International releases
Country | Title | Release date |
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USA | Robin Hood of the Pecos | 1941-01-14 |
Sources
- David Crockett's Almanack: Overlooked Films: Robin Hood of the Pecos (21 Feb. 2012)
- IMDB: Robin Hood of the Pecos
- Wikipedia: Robin Hood of the Pecos.
Background
- IMDb: Hal Long (I) (1907–1981)
- IMDb: Robert Strange
- Wikipedia: Al Wilson (pilot)
- Wikipedia: Carpetbagger
- Wikipedia: Charles Craft
- Wikipedia: Cy Feuer
- Wikipedia: Cy Kendall
- Wikipedia: Eddie Acuff
- Wikipedia: George "Gabby" Hayes
- Wikipedia: Ironclad Oath
- Wikipedia: Jack A. Marta
- Wikipedia: Jay Novello
- Wikipedia: Joseph Kane
- Wikipedia: Leigh Whipper
- Wikipedia: Marjorie Reynolds
- Wikipedia: Republic Pictures
- Wikipedia: Roscoe Ates
- Wikipedia: Roy Rogers
- Wikipedia: Sally Payne
- Wikipedia: William Haade.
Image gallery
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Merchandising (trading card?) / From David Crockett's Almanack: Overlooked Films: Robin Hood of the Pecos.
Merchandising (trading card?) / From David Crockett's Almanack: Overlooked Films: Robin Hood of the Pecos.