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Under Western Skies (1945 film)

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Under Western Skies
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJean Yarbrough
Screenplay byStanley Roberts
Clyde Bruckman
Story byStanley Roberts
(Original Story)
Produced byWarren Wilson
StarringMartha O'Driscoll
Noah Beery, Jr.
CinematographyCharles Van Enger
Edited byPhilip Cahn
Production
company
Universal Pictures
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • January 19, 1945 (1945-01-19)
Running time
56 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Under Western Skies is a 1945 American Western musical film directed by Jean Yarbrough and starring Martha O'Driscoll and Noah Beery, Jr. It is set in the fictional town of Rim Rock, Arizona.

Plot

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Katie Wells (Martha O'Driscoll) is part of a traveling musical troupe that arrives in town after having been waylayed by local bandit King Carlos Randall (Leo Carrillo) who is smitten by the pretty entertainer. Randall and his gang follow the troupe into town and disrupt the show when Sheriff James Whitcolm Wyatt (Irving Bacon) accosts them.

Rim Rock school teacher Tod Howell (Noah Beery, Jr.) begins courting Wells, but plans are thwarted when Randall kidnaps Wells. Sheriff Wyatt rescues Wells, and she and Howell are married.[1]

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "Under Western Skies". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. AFI. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
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