4.0 out of 5 stars
"Lash LaRue B-Western Series ... King of the Bullwhip (1951) ... PRC Pictures", January 14, 2007
This review is from: King of the Bullwhip [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Western Adventures Productions Inc. present "KING OF THE BULLWHIP" (1951) (59 mins/B&W) (Dolby digitally remastered) --- relive those thrilling days when Lash LaRue took us down the dusty trails with hard riding and straight shooting hitting the bull's eye with excitement every time ... the Lash LaRue series of B-Westerns were a staple of Saturday matinees in the1940s and 1950s ... very popular series, LaRue was given the name "Lash" because of the 18 foot long bullwhip he used to help bring down the bad guys...the popularity of his first role as the "Cheyenne Kid," a sidekick of singing cowboy hero Eddie Dean, not just brandishing a whip but using it expertly to disarm villains, paved the way for LaRue to be featured in his own series of Western films ... he starred in quirky B-Westerns from 1947 to 1951, at first for Poverty Row studio PRC, later for producer Ron Ormond...La Rue developed his image as a cowboy hero dressed all in black and inherited from Buster Crabbe a comic sidekick in the form of "Fuzzy Q. Jones" played by the great Al St. John ... don't miss any of the Lash LaRue features loaded with action that will leave you wanting more of his B-Western adventures.
Under Ron Ormond (Director), Joy M. Houck(Executive Producer), Ron Ormond (Producer), Ira Webb (Associate Producer), J. Francis White (Executive Producer), Jack Lewis (Screenwriter), Ira Webb (Screenwriter), Walter Greene (Original Score), Ernest Miller (Cinematographer), Hugh Winn (Editor)------ the cast includes Lash LaRue (Marshal Lash LaRue), Al St. John (Deputy Fuzzy Q Jones), .Jack Holt (James Kerrigan), Tom Neal (Benson), Anne Gwynne (Jane Kerrigan), George J. Lewis (Rio, lead henchman), Michael Whalen (Henchman Thurman), Dennis Moore (Joe Chester), Bud Osborne (Henchman), Stanley Price (Sheriff) ------ our plot line has our duo heroes Lash and Fuzzy answering the call to investigate the goings on of "El Azote", local outlaw ... the whip handling between our hero and villain is an exciting bit of film history, great stuff ... watch for your favorite character actors George J. Lewis, Jack Holt, Anne Gwynne, Dennis Moore and Michael Whalen many have starred in some of the best B-Westerns and Serials of all times ... Fuzzy as usual steals the picture and keeps things moving with his winning ways ... there's plenty of action and fancy stunt work to entertain the fans with a bullwhip session near the end between Lash and the boss outlaw ... Lash and his comedic sidekick Fuzzy Q. Jones, chasing the outlaws is always a high point of any Lash LaRue features ---- they just don't make 'em like this anymore and PRC Pictures was one of the leaders of exciting B-Westerns.
BIOS:
1. Lash La Rue (aka: Alfred LaRue)
Date of birth: 15 June 1917 - Gretna, Louisiana
Date of death: 21 May 1996 - Burbank, California
2. Al "Fuzzy" St. John (aka: Alfred St. John)
Date of birth: 10 September 1893 - Santa Ana, California
Date of death: 21 January 1963 - Lyons, Georgia
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
3. Ron Ormond (Director)
Date of birth: 29 August 1910 - Baldwin, Louisiana
Date of death: 11 May 1981 - Nashville, Tennessee
Great job releasing "King of the Bullwhip" (1951) - Lash LaRue, 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 where there are plenty of copies available on VHS, stay tuned once again for top notch action mixed with deadly adventure --- if you enjoyed this title, why not check out VCI Entertainment where they are experts in releasing B-Westerns and Serials ---Western Classics, all my heroes have been cowboys!
Total Time: 59 min on VHS ~ Anchor Bay Video ~ (10/09/1997)
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