USA, 1945
35mm film, black and white
An American fantasy film directed by Lew Landers.
Plot Summary
In the old west, a research chemist is menaced by a gang trying to get their hands on his secret formula.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Directed by: Lew Landers
Producers Releasing Corporation
Associate Producer: Jack D. Grant
Written by: Arthur St. Claire
Original Story by: Sheldon Leonard
Photography: Jack Greenhalgh
Film Editor: Roy Livingston; Carl Pierson *
Art Directors: Edward C. Jewell, Glenn P. Thompson
Wardrobe Design: Mona Barry
Director of Make-up: Bud Westmore
Music Directed by: Karl Hajos
Sound Engineer: Max Hutchinson
Cast
Richard Fraser (Jim Howard/’Howard Norton’)
Grace Gillern (Joan Rutledge)
Cy Kendall (Victor Maxwell)
Emmett Lynn (Elmer)
Kenneth Macdonald (McKenzie)
Eddie Acuff (Joe Walters)
Sam Flint (Sheriff Dixon)
Alternative Titles
Checkmate – working title
References
Periodicals
- Kine Weekly no.2042 6 June 1946
- Motion Picture Herald vol.161 no.2 (13 October 1945)
Books
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.431 – credits
