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Man From Montana [VHS]

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VCI Entertainment and Universal Pictures present "Man From Montana" (1941) (digitally remastered), long running Johnny Mack Brown series turned out in the early '40s...the story line is the old tale of cattlemen and homesteaders at each others throat...can Johnny Mack Brown and Fuzzy Knight stop this war before someone gets hurt or killed...is James Blaine a law abiding citizen and his henchmen Karl Hackett and Dick Alexander behind all of this trouble..can either side trust Johnny Mack to bring law and order before more blooshed....watch Nell O'Day wth her hard riding and spunk take on the cattlemen with the help of Johnny Mack...don't let the clues mislead you as it has Nell O'Day who is heading in the wrong direction.

Under director Ray Taylor, associate producer Will Cowan, original screenplay by Bennett Cohen, musical director H. J. Salter, songs include "Little Joe the Wrangler" (Frank Loesser & Frederick Hollander) and "Call of the Range", "The Western Trail" "Bananas Make Me Tough" (Milton Rosen & Everett Carter)...the cast include Johnny Mack Brown (Sheriff Bob Dawson), Fuzzy Knight (Deputy Grubby), Nell O'Day (Sally Preston), Billy Lenhart (Bass player/as Butch and Buddy), Kenneth Brown (Accordion player/as Butch and Buddy), Jean Brooks (Linda Thompson), William Gould (Winchester Thompson), James Blaine (Dunham), Dick Alexander (Kohler/henchman), Karl Hackett (Flash 'Trig' Watson), Edmund Cobb (Dakota, Thompson Ranch Foreman), Frank Ellis (Decker/henchmen), Kermit Maynard (Chris/henchmen). . . . . . . . .special footnote, Fuzzy Knight was the sidekick with his comical ways in many B-Westerns in the '30s & '40s with Johnny Mack Brown and Tex Ritter, finally landing a co-starring role with Buster Crabbe on the small tube in the TV series "Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion" (1955) as Private Fuzzy Knight. . . . . . . . .special footnote, PRC veteran actor Karl Hackett play in many a B-Western as baker, father, judge, rancher, governor, assayer, but better known as the heavey, villain and outlaw, one of the busiest of the badmen from 1935 - 1947...in just 12 years with over 150 films to his credit with B-Western heroes Johnny Mack Brown, Tim McCoy, Bob Steele, Tim Holt, William "Hoppy" Boyd, Tex Ritter, Buster Crabbe and Bob Livingston...check out all of this and more in a new book "Best of the Badmen" by Boyd Magers, Bob Nareau and Bobby Copeland, available from Amazon and Empire Publishing, pick up your copy today........meanwhile back to another great Johnny Mack B-Western provided by Universal Pictures during their heyday of the early '40s.

SPECIAL FEATURES:
BIOS:
1. Johnny Mack Brown
Birth Date: 9/01/1904 - Dothan, Alabama
Died: 11/14/1974 - Woodland Hills, California (cardiac condition)
2. Nell O'Day
Birth Date: 9/22/1909 - Prairie Hill, Texas
Died: Los Angeles, California
3.. Fuzzy Knight (aka John Forest Knight)
Birth Date: 5/09/1901 - Fairmont, WV
Died: 2/23/1976 - Hollywood, CA.
4. Karl Hackett
Birth Date: 9/05/1893 - Carthage, Missouri
Died: 10/24/1948 - Los Angeles, CA
5. Ray Taylor (director)
Birth Date: 12/01/1888 - Perham, Minnesota
Died: 2/15/1952 - Hollywood, CA

If you crave action, drama and plenty of adventure check out other western double features by Johnny Mack Brown:

JOHNNY MACK BROWN WESTERN DOUBLE FEATURES:
1. Raiders of San Joaquin/Law of the Range (VCI #7226)
2. Pony Post/Ragtime Cowboy Joe (VCI #7238)
3. Brand A Coward/Rogue of the Range (VCI #7244)
4. Guns in the Dark/Partner of the Trail (VCI #7260)
5. Bar Z Bad Men/Between Men (VCI #7282)

Ask Amazon.Com to carry the above five titles as they are not available on Amazon as of yet...you can order and pick up your copy now from VCI Entertainment...if you enjoyed "Man From Montana" (1941), why not pick up other copies of Johnny Mack Brown Double Features.

Bobby J. Copeland's book on "Johnny Mack Brown: Up Close & Personal" is chuck full of answers to all the questions his fans had from early on...when you went to see him on the big screen, you got exactly what the marquee said...plenty of thrills, adventure and loaded with action...Johnny Mack was a natural for the western, his riding abilities and fight scenes were of the the same caliber as Buck Jones and Bob Steele...Johnny Mack sets the saddle better than Duke Wayne...seems Johnny got better with the more films he made and the scripts were always top notch...he was one of the best-liked people in films, what you saw on the screen is what he really was, a great human being...pickup your copy from Amazon or Empire Publishing both have this in stock.

Great job by VCI Entertainment for releasing the digital transfere with a clean, clear and crisp print...looking forward to more of the same from the '30s & '40s vintage...order your copy now from Amazon or VCI Entertainment, stay tuned once again with a top notch B-Western from VCI...just the way we like 'em!

Total Time: 59 min on VHS ~ VCI Entertainment #1323 ~ (12/03/2002)