Song of Old Wyoming is a 1945 American Western film directed by Robert Emmett Tansey, written by Frances Kavanaugh from a story by Tansey. It was shot in Cinecolor and released by Producers Releasing Corporation. Western star Lash LaRue debuted in this film playing the Cheyenne Kid (Eddie Dean's sidekick in the film).
Plot The film's story concerns Wyoming statehood, or "the fight of the lawless crowd to keep the territory from becoming a state and the determined fight of the decent element" to achieve statehood, with "action, romance and thrills" in a scenic Western setting.
Cast Eddie Dean as Eddie Sarah Padden as Kate 'Ma' Conway Ian Keith as Lee Landow Lash LaRue as Cheyenne Kid (billed as Al LaRue) Jennifer Holt as Vicky Conway, adopted Emmett Lynn as Uncle Ezra Robert Barron as Jesse Dixon Gene Alsace as Henchman Ringo Don Williams as Cowhand Slim – Musician Johnny Carpenter as Cowhand Buck Horace Murphy as Editor Timothy Meeks
Soundtrack Eddie Dean – "Hills of Old Wyoming" (Written by Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin) Eddie Dean – "My Herdin' Song" (Written by Eddie Dean and Milt Mabie) Eddie Dean – "Wild Prairie Rose" (Written by Eddie Dean and Carl Hoefle)
Reception Wanda Hale of the New York Daily News called Song of Old Wyoming "a good, lusty, old-fashioned Western melodrama enhanced by soft, natural-color photography."
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