Unable to find open range near Hollywood, western actor Tom Baxter and his troop head to Judy Blake's ranch to shoot their film.
Acting
Roscoe Ates' stutter comedy—dated but committed.
Production
Real ranch locations masquerading as fake movie ranches.
Writing
Self-aware cracks about cheap westerns while BEING one.
Director
Otto Brower
Tom Keene
Tom Baxter
Dorothy Wilson
Judy Blake
Lon Chaney Jr.
Jeff Todd (as Creighton Chaney)
Betty Furness
Babe Jewel
Roscoe Ates
Ulysses
Edgar Kennedy
Sam Gilroy
Billy Butts
Buck Blake
Hooper Atchley
Clink McPherson
James Pier Mason
Dummy
Yakima Canutt
Yak, a Wrangler
Bruce Cabot
Himself (uncredited)
Julie Haydon
Herself (uncredited)
Rochelle Hudson
Herself (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lon Chaney Jr. was still billed as 'Creighton Chaney' here, desperately distancing himself from his father's legacy before embracing it for the Wolf Man paychecks.
This is pre-Code Hollywood eating its own tail: a cheap western mocking cheap westerns while still delivering the goods, made when studios churned out 50+ 'oaters' yearly.
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