The Singing Outlaw

The Singing Outlaw
File:The Singing Outlaw poster.jpg Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Joseph H. Lewis
Produced by	Trem Carr
Written by	Harry O. Hoyt
Starring	Bob Baker Joan Barclay Fuzzy Knight
Music by	Frank Sanucci
Cinematography	Virgil Miller
Edited by	Charles Craft
Production company	Universal Studios
Release dates	January 23, 1938 (1938-01-23) (USA)
Running time	57 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Singing Outlaw is a 1938 American "B" movie Western film directed by Joseph H. Lewis and starring Bob Baker as a singing cowboy.

Production

The film was the third that Lewis had directed, after Navy Spy (1937), which he co-directed with Crane Wilbur and Courage of the West. This was the second of four films in which Fuzzy Knight played the comic sidekick to Universal's new singing cowboy, Bob Baker.

Synopsis

A singing outlaw named Cueball and a U.S. Marshal kill each other in a shoot-out. A bystander (Baker) decides to take over the Marshall's identity. To trap the local outlaw gang he pretends to be Cueball. He finds himself struggling to stop the cattle rustlers and win the love of the daughter of a rancher (Joan Barclay). Things get complicated when a sheriff captures him with the gang, and he nearly gets hanged before it is proved that he is not Cueball.

Reception

A reviewer said, "The second of Baker's outings as a singing cowboy is notable for Miller's exceptional camera work and Lewis' emphatic direction."

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External links

• The Singing Outlaw at IMDb