The Utah Kid
Brief Synopsis
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Cal Reynolds, known as The Utah Kid (Rex Lease) eludes a sheriff's posse and takes refuge in Robber's Roost, a hideout for outlaws running from the law complete with its own dirt-floor saloon. Jennie Lee (Dorothy Sebastian), a school teacher from a nearby town is out sight-seeing and is picked up by a couple of the boys and brought into the saloon. Since they aren't gentleman and don't believe in "finders-keepers", a brawl breaks out over who gets the girl until Cal steps forward and claims she is his fiancee who had followed him there and hands off, thank you. Some of the boys, including Baxter (Boris Karloff) aren't buying and, just to prove Cal's claim is true, trot out Parson Joe (Lafe McKee) to tie the knot. Jennie also forgets to mention she is engaged to town Sheriff Bentley (Walter Miller. ) Cal, realizing that he is now really married, decides to reform but he isn't far along in his program before Sheriff Bentley and a posse of deputies show up looking for Jennie, and the outlaws think Cal has gone too far too fast reference his reformation and blame him. To prove otherwise Cal joins the gang in a battle against the law and wounds the sheriff, but later saves his life. Gang leader Butch (Tom Santschi) is killed in a duel with Cal, and Jennie decides that Cal is the man for her.
Cast & Crew
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Richard Thorpe
Director
Rex Lease
Cal Reynolds
Dorothy Sebastian
Jennie
Tom Santschi
Butch
Mary Carr
Aunt Ada
Walter Miller
Sheriff Bentley
Film Details
Genre
Western
Release Date
Oct
27,
1930
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Tiffany Productions
Country
United States
Technical Specs
Duration
57m
Sound
Mono (RCA Photophone System)
Color
Black and White
Film Length
4,408ft
(6 reels)
Synopsis
Cal Reynolds, a hunted outlaw, after eluding the sheriff and his posse, finds Butch, leader of his gang, making advances to Jennie Lee, a young school teacher, in the local saloon. Seeing that she is not there of her own choice, Cal is forced into an immediate marriage ceremony, though she is already engaged to Sheriff Bentley. Discovering that Jennie is legally his wife, Cal plans to reform, but the members of his gang think he is doublecrossing them when the sheriff and his posse arrive at their hideout. Thus, to prove his loyalty, Cal fights the sheriff and posse and wounds Bentley, but he saves his life, realizing that Jennie loves him. Butch is killed in a duel with Cal, and Jennie then decides that Cal, not Bentley, is her man.
Director
Richard Thorpe
Director
Cast
Rex Lease
Cal Reynolds
Dorothy Sebastian
Jennie
Tom Santschi
Butch
Mary Carr
Aunt Ada
Walter Miller
Sheriff Bentley
Lafe Mckee
Parson Joe
Boris Karloff
Baxter
Bud Osborne
Deputy
Crew
Film Details
Genre
Western
Release Date
Oct
27,
1930
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Tiffany Productions
Country
United States
Technical Specs
Duration
57m
Sound
Mono (RCA Photophone System)
Color
Black and White
Film Length
4,408ft
(6 reels)
