Saddle Leather Law
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Saddle Leather Law

Smoking six-guns...sizzling excitement...as crooked gamblers battle the law...and lose!

7.0 / 10 1944 55mNR English
MusicWestern

Storyline

A posse, hunting the assailant of Denton's Partner, captures Steve Carlisle (Charles Starrett), who identifies himself as a mineralogist sent to check the area for quartz for radio parts. Calling at the Denton ranch, Steve hires Cannonball Mullins (Dub Taylor), who has just been fired by Jane Fielding (Vi Athens), Denton's ward. Steve learns that she wants to sell the ranch to the Empire Syndicate. Paul Edwards (Lloyd Bridges), syndicate representative, plans to convert the ranch into a swank hotel-gambling operation. At a party which Jane gives for Edwards, Hiram Denton (William Gould), is murdered and Steve is accused. He and Cannonball escape before the sheriff can take them into custody, and in searching for evidence find that Jane and Edwards are married and have done the killings in order to gain the ranch.

Cast & Crew

Charles Starrett

Charles Starrett

Steve Carlisle

Lead
Dub Taylor

Dub Taylor

Cannonball

VA

Vi Athens

Jane Fielding

Lloyd Bridges

Lloyd Bridges

Paul Edwards

Jimmy Wakely

Jimmy Wakely

Musician / Cowhand Jimmy

SH

Salty Holmes

Musician - Cowhand Salty

Franklyn Farnum

Franklyn Farnum

Rancher (uncredited)

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Benjamin H. Kline's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Saddle Leather Law is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker