Ragtime Cowboy Joe
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Ray Taylor
Johnny Mack Brown
Fuzzy Knight
Nell O'day
Dick Curtis
Marilyn Merrick
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Synopsis
Bo Gillman, a cattle rustler in the guise of a respectable rancher, shoots and kills Sam Osborne when the old man sees him stealing the Circle S cattle. In Osborne's possessions, Gillman finds a letter that the murdered man sent to the Cattlemen's Investigative Association, requesting that a detective be sent. Consequently, when Steve Logan, a stranger, appears headed toward the Osborne ranch, Gillman suspects that Steve is the detective and accuses him of Osborne's murder. Arrested and jailed, Steve is visited by attorney Virgil Parker, who is Gillman's partner in the rustling operation. Parker is accompanied by his secretary, Mary Curtis, Steve's old sweetheart, who warns him that Gillman and Parker are behind the rustling. To eliminate Steve, Gillman stirs up a lynch mob, but Steve escapes before they can storm the jail. Meanwhile, at the Circle S, Osborne's daughter Helen learns that the ranch is facing bankruptcy, prompting her loyal ranch hand Joe Bushberry to volunteer to work for free. Later that night, Steve arrives at the ranch, and Helen offers him refuge. Steve learns from Mansfield, the railroad representative, that the railroad has purchased the right of way through the Osborne land from Parker and Gillman, who claim that they control it. Armed with this information, Steve tells the sheriff that he is a cattle detective and enlists his aid in apprehending Parker. The two then lay an ambush for Gillman's men, and together bring the gang to justice.
Director
Ray Taylor
Cast
Johnny Mack Brown
Fuzzy Knight
Nell O'day
Dick Curtis
Marilyn Merrick
Walter Soderling
Roy Barcroft
Harry Tenbrook
George Plues
Ed Cassidy
Buck Moulton
Harold Goodwin
Wilfred Lucas
William Gould
Bob O'connor
Bud Osborne
Charles Whitaker
Jack Clifford
Vyola Vonn
The Texas Rangers
Crew
Glenn Anderson
Jerome Ash
Bernard B. Brown
Everett Carter
Robert Crawford
R. A. Gausman
Charles S. Gould
Paul Landres
Sherman Lowe
Harold H. Macarthur
Victor Mcleod
Jack Otterson
Charles Previn
Milton Rosen
H. J. Salter
Joseph G. Sanford
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Although the viewed print credits Sherman Lowe with original screenplay, the copyright records credit Lowe and Victor McLeod as co-screenwriters. Modern sources add Kermit Maynard, Eddie Parker and Frank McCarroll to the cast.
