Ride 'Em Cowgirl (1939) - Turner Classic Movies

Brief Synopsis

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Sandy Doyle (Harrington Reynolds), gambler and political chief of a small border town, seeks to gain control of the Bar-X Ranch, owned by Rufe Rickson (Joseph Girard), to further some undercover activities of his own. He counts on Rickson's inability to stay away from gambling as the means to his ultimate success. Government investigator Oliver Shea (Milton Frome) and his assistant, Dan Haggerty (Vince Barnett), start a fight in Doyle's place when they see Rickson being cheated and are invited to the Bar-X where Oliver and Helen Rickson (Dorothy Page), Rufe's daughter, discover interest in each other and Dan finds himself pursued by Bell (Lynn Mayberry), the ranch cook. Sheriff Larson (Frank Ellis) brings the prize money for the $5,000 race of the Rodeo Association, and that night it is stolen from her safe. The next day, Doyle says it was paid to him by Rickson for a gambling debt. Realizing that she must be free in order to prove her father's innocence, and that now her horse, Snowy, must win the race, Helen confesses to the theft and makes good her escape. Her sleuthing establishes that Doyle has been engaged in ore-smuggling activities, and his intent to gain the Bar-X is because the ranch offers a perfect crossing place for his gang, who salt the smuggled silver into a non-productive mine and ship it to the Mint as domestic production.

Cast & Crew

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Samuel Diege

Dorothy Page

Milton Frome

Vince Barnett

Lynn Mayberry

Frank Ellis

Film Details

Genre

Western

Release Date

Jan 20, 1939

Premiere Information

not available

Production Company

Coronado Films, Inc.

Distribution Company

Grand National Pictures, Inc.

Country

United States

Technical Specs

Duration

52m

Sound

Mono

Color

Black and White

Theatrical Aspect Ratio

1.37 : 1

Film Length

4,680ft (6 reels)

Synopsis

Doyle, a crooked gambler, smuggles silver from the Mexican to the American side of the border, using the Bar X Ranch which is owned by unsuspecting 'Ruf' Rickson, to hide his shipments. In order to gain control of the Bar X, Doyle cheats the old man out of his ranch in a crooked card game. Rickson, realizing what has happened, calls Doyle a cheat and sparks a barroom brawl in which Oliver Shea and his sidekick, Dan Haggerty, befriend him. Doyle then frames Rickson for the theft of some rodeo prize money that Rickson entrusted to his daughter Helen, claiming that he stole the money to pay off his gambling note. Refusing to let her father take the blame, Helen confesses to the crime and then eludes the sheriff to find the real thief. During her escape, she is aided by Oliver, who hides her in his trailer and then enters her horse in the rodeo. Helen returns to ride in the rodeo horse race, and after winning, she escapes across the border, where she discovers Doyle's men, Lingstrom and Philbin transporting the silver. Helen enlists Oliver's aid in exposing Doyle, but Doyle learns of Oliver's double cross and takes him and Dan prisoner. Desperate, Helen rides to the sheriff for help, and with his aid, they capture Doyle and free Oliver and Dan. Oliver then admits that he is an F.B.I. agent who has been on Doyle's trail. With Doyle safely behind bars, peace returns to the Rickson ranch.

Director

Samuel Diege

Cast

Dorothy Page

Milton Frome

Vince Barnett

Lynn Mayberry

Frank Ellis

Harrington Reynolds

Stanley Price

Warner Richmond

Lloyd Ingraham

Joseph Girard

Merrill Mccormack

Fred Berhle

Pat Henning

Fred Cordova

Eddie Gordon

Snowy

Crew

Howard A. Anderson

Special Effects

Joseph Boyle

Production Manager

Ross Dimaggio

Milton Drake

Arthur Dreifuss

George A. Hirliman

Executive Producer

Arthur Hoerl

Original Screenplay

Walter Kent

Donald K. Lieberman

Associate Producer

Robert Richards

Assistant Director

Al Sherman

Mack Stengler

Guy V. Thayer Jr.

William Wilmarth

Sound Recording

Film Details

Genre

Western

Release Date

Jan 20, 1939

Premiere Information

not available

Production Company

Coronado Films, Inc.

Distribution Company

Grand National Pictures, Inc.

Country

United States

Technical Specs

Duration

52m

Sound

Mono

Color

Black and White

Theatrical Aspect Ratio

1.37 : 1

Film Length

4,680ft (6 reels)

Quotes

Trivia

Notes

This was second of three Dorothy Page pictures made by Coronado Films in which she appeared as a singing cowgirl. For additional information, for Water Rustlers. Modern sources add Walter Patterson to the cast.

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