Product Details

• Actors: Tim McCoy, Joan Barclay, Ben Corbett, Forrest Taylor, Ted Adams
• Directors: Sam Newfield
• Writers: George H. Plympton
• Producers: Sam Katzman
• Format: Black & White, NTSC
• Studio: Vci Home Video
• VHS Release Date: November 10, 2000
• Run Time: 57 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B00005BJT4
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #687,472 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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5.0 out of 5 stars "The King of B-Westerns & Serials...VCI Entertainment ~ Texas Wildcats (1939)", February 19, 2006

By 

J. Lovins "Mr. Jim" (Missouri-USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Texas Wildcats [VHS] (VHS Tape)

VCI Entertainment and Puritan Pictures present "Texas Wildcats" (1939) (Dolby
digitally remastered)...relive those thrilling days from the early '30s and '40s
when drama took us down the dusty trails and the plains to exciting
adventures....some of the best B-Westerns ever to grace the Saturday Matinee
Screen......the Native Americans had no better ambassador than Tim McCoy, a
former Indian language translator in real life...as Tim McCoy speaks
passionately about this country's longtime abuse of its native population by
breaking treaty after treaty...just remember double thrills, chills, mystery and
suspense...hitting the bull's eye with excitement...don't miss any of the Tim
McCoy features loaded with action that will leave you wanting more of his
B-Western adventures

Under director Sam Newfield, producer Sam Katzman, original story and screenply by George H. Plympton...the cast include Tim McCoy (William 'Lightning Bill' Carson), Joan Barclay (Molly Arden), Ben Corbett (Magpie McGillicuddy), Forrest Taylor (Jim Burrows), Ted Adams (Reno, Emporium Owner), Avando Reynaldo (Rita, Reno's Cleaning Lady), Bob Terry (Mort Burrows, Jim's Son), Dave O'Brien (Ed Arden, Molly's Brother), Frank Ellis (Al, Burrows'/henchman), Reed Howes (Ace the Card Sharp), Slim Whitaker (Durkin, Association Man) . . . . . . . . . our story open with a chase as Tim McCoy rescues Joan Barclay and her runaway horse, her brother Dave O'Brien trying to take a potshot at "The Phantom" who is Tim McCoy...is there gold on the ranch of O'Brien and Barclay, and why is Forrest Taylor and his son Bob Terry trying to take it away...Ted Adams once again has seen the error of his ways and is playing it straight as owner of the Emporium...Ben Corbett as Magpie has the comedy role playing cards with McCoy as a front for the investigation...Taylor is in the framing business first Adams and then McCoy, but neither will scare easily...Slim Whitaker is a hoot trying to arrest Adams when McCoy faces Slim down and tells him to get out of town fast, watch the trail of dust as Whitaker hightails it...last reel has two "Phantoms" meeting face to face, the showdown is one not to be missed.........another great B-Western for Tim McCoy under the Puritan Pictures banner for Poverty Row, proves to be one of his most excting performances.

Special footnote, actor Tim McCoy in real life was a sharpshooter and famed for
his fast draw...was an expert on the Old West also an authority on Indian
folklore could converse in Indian sign language...McCoy was inducted into the
"Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage
Museum" in 1973, also inducted into "The Cowboy Hall of Fame" in 1974.

SPECIAL FEATURES:
BIOS:
1. Tim McCoy (aka: Timothy John Fitzgerald McCoy)
Birth Date: 4/10/1891 - Saginaw, Michigan
Died: 1/29/1978 - Nogales, Arizona

Check out other Tim McCoy titles available on VHS & DVD from VCI:
1. ACES AND EIGHTS
2. ARIZONA BOUND
3. ARIZONA GANGBUSTERS
4. BELOW THE BORDER
5. BULLDOG COURAGE
6. CODE OF THE CACTUS
7. END OF THE TRAIL
8. FIGHTING RENEGADE
9. FORBIDDEN TRAILS
10.GHOST PATROL
11.GHOST TOWN LAW
12.GUN CODE
13.GUNMAN FROM BODIE
14.LIGHTNIN' BILL CARSON
15.LIGHTNING CARSON RIDES AGAIN
16.LION'S DEN
17.OUTLAW DEPUTY
18.PHANTOM RANGER
19.ROARIN' GUNS
20.SIX GUN TRAILS
21.STRAIGHT SHOOTER
22.TEXAS WILCATS
23.WEST OF THE LAW

Ask Amazon.Com to carry the above titles if they are not available as of
yet...you can order and pick up your copy now from VCI Entertainment.. why not
pick up other copies of Tim McCoy features.

In 1941 the "Rough Riders" series began with Buck as Marshal Buck Roberts, Tim
McCoy was Marshal Tim McCall and Raymond Hatton was Marshal Sandy Hopkins for
Monogram Pictures:

1. ARIZONA BOUND (Monogram, 1941)
2. THE GUNMAN FROM BODIE (Monogram, 1941)
3. FORBIDDEN TRAILS (Monogram, 1941)
4. BELOW THE BORDER (Monogram, 1942)
5. GHOST TOWN LAW (Monogram, 1942)
6. DOWN TEXAS WAY (Monogram, 1942)
7. RIDERS OF THE WEST (Monogram, 1942)
8. WEST OF THE LAW (Monogram, 1942)

Great job by VCI Entertainment for releasing "Texas Wildcats" (1939), 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 or VCI Entertainment where there
are plenty of copies available on DVD and VHS, stay tuned once again for top
notch action mixed with deadly adventure from the "King of Serials" VCI...just
the way we like 'em

Total Time: 57 min on DVD/VHS ~ VCI Entertainment #1900~ (11/10/2000)