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Jerry Mason, a young Texan, and Jake Benson, an old rancher, become partners and strike it rich with a gold mine. They then find their lives complicated by bad guys and a woman.Jerry Mason, a young Texan, and Jake Benson, an old rancher, become partners and strike it rich with a gold mine. They then find their lives complicated by bad guys and a woman.Jerry Mason, a young Texan, and Jake Benson, an old rancher, become partners and strike it rich with a gold mine. They then find their lives complicated by bad guys and a woman.
George 'Gabby' Hayes
- Jake Benson
- (as George Hayes)
Eddie Parker
- Al Miller
- (as Ed Parker)
Gordon De Main
- Banker Williams
- (as Gordon Demaine)
Phil Dunham
- Judge McGill
- (uncredited)
Jack Evans
- Man at Hearing
- (uncredited)
Wally Howe
- Townsman with News
- (uncredited)
Philip Kieffer
- Court Clerk
- (uncredited)
George Morrell
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Tex Palmer
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Tex Phelps
- Prospector
- (uncredited)
Jack Rockwell
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaIn October of 1996 a fire broke out on a late Saturday afternoon in the New York studios of WNBC-TV (Channel 4). A station staffer quickly put a cassette of this film in the tape player on his way out of the building. The film played uninterrupted twice, much to the confusion of viewers.
- GoofsAt the scene of the robbery, the sheriff pronounces the banker dead but later in the film, the suspect is charged with 'attempted murder' and the townsfolk are told that the banker is expected to recover.
- Alternate versionsAlso available in a computer colorized version.
- ConnectionsEdited into Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch (1976)
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Watchable B-oater with big hats and some memorable offbeat moments
'Gabby' Hayes in a dress, Yakima Canutt doing a daring 'horse to horse' tackle...and missing, a high-speed 'stick ride' down a long mining sluice, a chase involving a horse, a car, and a railroad speeder - any one of these novelties would have lofted 'The Lucky Texan' above the standard 'Lone Star Studios' budget horse-opera. A lot happens in 63 minutes: briefly, a couple of amazing coincidences (involving a lame horse and a playful dog) lead Mason (John Wayne) and Benson (George 'Gabby' Hayes) to a rich gold strike. Needless to say, there are a couple of "dirty lowdown polecats" (Lloyd Whitlock and Yakima Canutt) who connive to take it over (as well as steal Benson's ranch). Further complicating matters, the sheriff's ne'er'do'well son is willing to resort to violence and theft to cover his gambling debts, and both good-guys end up in the pokey accused of murder! 'The Lucky Texan' is one of about 80 low-budget westerns Wayne starred in before his breakout role in John Ford's 'Stagecoach' (1939) and the Duke is fine playing his standard good-natured, but tough, hero. Hayes, more of a co-star than a sidekick in this outing, gets to play an ol'timer who owns a dress and makeup box from his earlier career as a thespian starring in 'Auntie Mame' (there is an amusing scene in which Mason incorrectly guesses what part of a woman's anatomy a 'bustle pad' is supposed to enhance). Most of the action is pretty typical for the genre, with Yakima Canutt providing some excellent horse stunts (both as one of the villains and as Wayne's stunt-double). Needless to say, there is a tacked-in romantic subplot involving Benson's granddaughter (Barbara Sheldon) and Mason, but fortunately it doesn't waste too much celluloid. Not a great film by any means, but entertaining, action-packed and short, which is all that really can be asked of its humble genre (but a must see for 'Gabby' Hayes fans, if only for the climatic courtroom scene).
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- Runtime55 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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