Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #128634 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-11-23
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 58 minutes

Customer Reviews

Cattle Stampede
Everything I wanted to know, was answered when I received, and watched the movie, picture was clear, and sharp, sound was good, packaging of product was good, arrival time of package was good, the price I paid for the movie was reasonable, not much more I can think to say, except I would order more products from you, if they are all like this one, also the staff was also good in helping, and answering a few questions when I did call the help line, Thank You.

"The King of B-Westerns & Serials...VCI Entertainment ~ Cattle Stampede (1943)"
VCI Entertainment and PRC Pictures present "Cattle Stampede" (1943) (Dolby
digitally remastered)...relive those thrilling days from the early '30s and '40s
when Buster Crabbe took us down the dusty trails and the plains to exciting
adventures....some of the best B-Westerns ever to grace the Saturday Matinee
Screen...just remember double thrills, chills, mystery and suspense...hitting the bull's eye
with excitement...don't miss any of the Buster Crabbe features loaded with action that will leave
you wanting more of his B-Western adventures

Under director Sam Newfield, producer Sigmund Neufeld, original screenplay & story by Joseph O'Donnell...the cast include Buster Crabbe (Billy the Kid), Al St. John (Fuzzy Q. Jones (as Al 'Fuzzy' St. John), Frances Gladwin (Mary Dawson), Charles King (Brandon), Ed Cassidy (Sam Dawson), Hansel Warner (Ed Dawson), Ray Bennett (Henchman Stone), Frank Ellis (Henchman Elkins), Steve Clark (Henchman Turner ), Roy Brent (Henchman Slater), John Elliott (Doctor George Arnold), Budd Buster (Rancher Jensen, Kelly's pal), Ted Adams (Townsman), Hank Bell (Stagecoach Driver),) Reed Howes (Dan Kelly), Hal Price (Townsman), Glenn Strange (Boss Coulter). . . . . our story from PRC Studios with 'our old pals' Buster Crabbe and Al St. John who are still wanted by the law with their posters hanging on every other tree in Arizona...Charles King our favorite villain has a gang of rustlers who will stop at nothing in taking over a cattle drive...our beautiful heroine is none other than Frances Gladwin who believes in Buster and St. John to start a cattle drive for Ed Cassidy...Glenn Strange keeps things hopping as he tries to hire Buster thinking he can will double cross Cassidy and work with the rustlers...great gunplay and fisticuffs as we have the entire cast getting into a free for all, while Frances Gladwin is being held prisoner by Charlie King.. . . . .. . .B-Western footnote, actor Al St. John, silent film comic who appeared in dozens of Mack Sennett's early Keystone comedies and would eventually create and star in his own vehicles for other studios. With the advent of sound, he became a character actor in westerns and later the bewhiskered sidekick, also known as Fuzzy Q. Jones in some popular series Fred Scott (Spectrum Pictures/1937-38), Bob Steele/Billy the Kid (PRC Pictures/1940-41), Don "Red" Barry (Republic Pictures/1940-42), Lone Rider wth George Houston (PRC Pictures/1941-42), Lone Rider with Robert Livingston (PRC Pictures/1942-43), Buster Crabbe/Billy the Kid (PRC Pictures/1941-43), Buster Crabbe/Billy Carson (PRC Pictures/1943-46), Lash LaRue (PRC Pictures/1947-52)... St. John retired from film making in the early '50s, passed away in 1963 from a heart attack while working with the Tommy Scott Wild West show. . . . . ..check out this and more in a new book "Those Great Cowboy Sidekicks" by David Rothel, available from Amazon and Empire Publishing. . . pick up your copy today.. . . . B-Western footnote, actor Charles King was among the top five "Best of the Badmen" (according to a new book by Boyd Magers, Bob Nareau and Bobby Copeland)...King was a big man, but as agile as a cat during his fight scenes with Johnny Mack Brown, Buster Crabbe, Tex Ritter, The Rough Riders and Bob Steele...King appeared in 400 films and 350 were in sound including many cliffhangers...he was the heavy we loved to hate. . . . . another great B-Western for Buster Crabbe under the Poverty Row Pictures banner, proves to be one of his most exciting performances.

Special footnote, actor Buster Crabbe graduated from the University of Southern California and won the 400 meter freestyle in which he medaled in the 1932 Olympics, went to work for Paramount in "King of the Jungle" (1933), next role was "Tarzan the Fearless (1933), Crabbe returned to Paramount Pictures was featured in Zane Grey Westerns which were well received, then came the roles that made him a household word "Flash Gordon" and "Buck Rogers" at Universal Picture Serials (1936-1940), meanwhile PRC Studios was looking for a leading hero "Billy the Kid" and "Billy Carson" in the 1940's B-Western series and ran its course for six years, later made several televison appearances and appeared in a series "Captain Gallant and the Foreign Legion" (1955-1957).....

SPECIAL FEATURES:
BIOS:
1. Buster Crabbe (aka: Clarence Linden Crabbe II)
Birth Date: 2/17/1907 - Oakland California
Died: 4/23/1983 - Scottsdale, Arizona
2. Al "Fuzzy" St. John (aka: Alfred St. John)
Birth Date: 9/10/1893 - Santa Ana, CA
Died: 1/21/1963 - Lyons, Georgia
3. Charles King
Birth Date: 2/21/1895 - Hillsboro, Texas
Died: 5/07/1957 - Hollywood, California (cirrhosis of liver)

If you crave action, drama and plenty of adventure check out other western double features with Bob Steele:

BUSTER CRABBE WESTERN DOUBLE FEATURES:
1. Vol. 1 - Western Cyclone/Sheriff of Sage Valley (1942-43) (VCI #7213) (DVD)
2. Vol. 2 - Fugitive of the Plains/Fuzzy Settles Down (1943-44) (VCI #7299) (DVD)

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Great job by VCI Entertainment for releasing "Catle Stampede" (1943), the
digital transfere with a clean, clear and crisp print...looking forward to more
high quality releases from the vintage serial era of the '20s, '30s & '40s and
B-Westerns...order your copy now from Amazon or VCI Entertainment where there
are plenty of copies available on DVD and VHS, stay tuned once again for top
notch action mixed with deadly adventure from the "King of Serials" VCI...just
the way we like 'em

Total Time: 58 min on DVD/VHS ~ VCI Entertainment #1505 ~ (11/20/1997)