Summaries

Spade Cooley (Spade Cooley) is a famous western singing cowboy star who can neither sing nor ride and is on vacation when his car breaks down near the Bar-W ranch. The owner, Uncle Bill White (Jack Baxley),thinking that Spade is all that he appears to be in the movies, bets 500 head of cattle that his ranch can win the annual rodeo between the local ranches. then Spade's stuntman, Walt Banning (Bob Gilbert), pulls a double cross and rides for the ranch owned by Craig Martin (Stephen Keyes). Peggy Andrews (Wanda Cantlon), White's pretty niece, pleads with Spade to participate. Can the Gower Gulch cowboy save the old homestead?—Les Adams <[email protected]>

Spade Cooley is a singing western movie star that uses doubles as he can neither ride, sing, nor fight. When his car runs out of gas he arrives at the Bar W ranch just as the owner makes a large bet on the upcoming rodeo that will mean the loss of his ranch if he loses. Attracted to the owner's daughter, Spade stays on and finds himself riding for the Bar W in the big rodeo event that will determine the winner of the bet.—Maurice VanAuken <[email protected]>

Details

Genres
  • Action
  • Western
  • Music
Release date Jan 14, 1950
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Approved
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations Oliver Drake Ranch, Pearblossom, California, USA
Production companies Raymond Friedgen

Box office

Tech specs

Runtime 53m
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1

Synopsis

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