Frontier Gal
Cast & Crew
Charles Lamont
Yvonne De Carlo
Rod Cameron
Andy Devine
Fuzzy Knight
Andrew Tombes
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Synopsis
After eluding a posse, escaped convict Jonathan Hart rides into the town of Red Gulch, where he quickly attracts the attention of the townspeople. When asked what he is doing there, Johnny tells the local magistrate, Judge Prescott, that he is looking for the man who killed his partner. Johnny becomes entangled in a brief barroom fight, then meets saloon keeper Lorena Dumont. Because of his romantic interest in the beautiful Lorena, Johnny quickly runs afoul of Blackie, a crook who sees himself as the man in Lorena's life. However, Johnny is saved from the full wrath of Blackie and his gang by Big Ben, a local ruffian. Lorena quickly falls in love with Johnny and goes so far as to plan a wedding, telling everyone in Red Gulch about it except Johnny. When he is apprised, Johnny informs Lorena that he has no intention of marrying her, as he hopes to marry his old girl friend, Sheila Winthrop, as soon as he clears his name. Angered, Lorena pulls a pistol and forces Johnny to marry her at gunpoint. After the ceremony, Johnny is arrested, as Lorena has learned from Blackie that Johnny is wanted for manslaughter. He escapes his prison escort, however, and rides back into Red Gulch, then abducts Lorena and forces her on a honeymoon. The next morning, Johnny is arrested once more and sent back to prison. Six years later, Johnny gains his lawful release and returns to Red Gulch, where he learns that he has a five-year-old daughter, Mary Ann. Lorena becomes enraged at Johnny's rejection of both her and Mary Ann and impulsively agrees to marry Blackie. Johnny, in turn, tells Blackie that he plans to kill him, having learned in prison that Blackie is the man who killed his partner. Big Ben, however, tells Johnny that he is the new sheriff and will arrest him if he tries to take the law into his own hands. Refusing to listen to his friend, the single-minded Johnny is almost trapped by Blackie and his men but is inadvertently saved by Mary Ann when she persistently asks her father to buy her some candy. Acting on his fatherly instincts, Johnny decides to hold off on his revenge and take care of Mary Ann at his ranch. Convinced by his friends that he needs a feminine touch to rear Mary Ann properly, Johnny sends for his fiancée Sheila and her aunt Abigail, in King City. Mistakenly thinking that Johnny wants her instead, Lorena closes her saloon and breaks her engagement to Blackie. Upon her arrival in Red Gulch, Abigail manages to convince Lorena that it would be better for Mary Ann if she was brought up as a lady by Johnny and Sheila. The jealous Blackie, however, abducts Mary Ann, in a feeble attempt to reclaim Lorena and kill Johnny. Johnny takes off after Blackie and falls into his trap, but Mary Ann escapes from Blackie's men long enough for Lorena and the townspeople to arrive on the scene. During the ensuing shootout, Johnny kills Blackie and rescues Mary Ann, who has become trapped on a log suspended over a waterfall. Afterward, Johnny gives Lorena a spanking, then confesses his love to her.
Director
Charles Lamont
Cast
Yvonne De Carlo
Rod Cameron
Andy Devine
Fuzzy Knight
Andrew Tombes
Sheldon Leonard
Clara Blandick
Jan Wiley
Jack Overman
Frank Lackteen
Beverly Simmons
Claire Carleton
Eddie Dunn
Harold Goodwin
Rex Lease
George Eldredge
Jack Ingram
Edward Howard
Joseph Haworth
Lloyd Ingraham
Joseph E. Bernard
Douglas Carter
Paul Bratti
Lou Wood
Jean Trent
Joan Fulton
Kerry Vaughn
Karen Randle
Eddie Lee
Crew
Travis Banton
Howard Benedict
Charles P. Boyle
Jack Brooks
Bernard B. Brown
Edward Colman
Carmen Dirigo
Oliver Emert
Edgar Fairchild
Michael Fessier
Michael Fessier
Michael Fessier
William Fritzsche
John P. Fulton
Russell A. Gausman
John B. Goodman
Nanette Grant
William Hedgcock
Natalie Kalmus
Jean Kenney
Ernest Pagano
Ernest Pagano
Ernest Pagano
Jack P. Pierce
Ronald K. Pierce
Richard H. Riedel
George Robinson
H. J. Salter
Frank Skinner
Ray Snyder
William Tummel
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The onscreen credit for Michael Fessier and Ernest Pagano reads: "Original screenplay written and produced by." According to Time, Frontier Gal was produced for $1,400,000. Co-stars Yvonne De Carlo and Rod Cameron had previously appeared together in another 1945 Universal release, Salome, Where She Danced . Modern sources include Jack O'Shea, Billy Engle, Cliff Lyons, Eddie Borden, William Desmond, Jack Rutherford and Kit Guard in the cast.
