The Arizona Cowboy is a 1950 American Western film directed by R. G. Springsteen and written by Bradford Ropes. The film stars Rex Allen, Teala Loring, Gordon Jones, Minerva Urecal, James Cardwell and Roy Barcroft. It was released on April 1, 1950 by Republic Pictures.
Plot A cowboy leaves his rodeo show to help his father, who is falsely accused of theft, and also to save a town from greedy oil barons.
Cast Rex Allen as Rex Allen Teala Loring as Laramie Carson Gordon Jones as I.Q. Barton Minerva Urecal as Cactus Kate Millican James Cardwell as Hugh Davenport Roy Barcroft as Henchman Mike Slade Stanley Andrews as Jim Davenport Harry Cheshire as David Carson Edmund Cobb as Sheriff Fuller Joseph Crehan as Colonel Jefferson Steve Darrell as Sheriff Mason Douglas Evans as Rodeo Announcer John Elliott as Ace Allen Chris-Pin Martin as Café Owner Pedro Frank Reicher as Major Sheridan George Lloyd as Fogarty Lane Bradford as Henchman Curley Applegate
Production The film's star Rex Allen, born to a cattle-ranching family in southeastern Arizona in 1920, was already known as the Arizona Cowboy when the film was produced. Republic Pictures had hoped use the film to launch Allen as a Western film star in the tradition of other singing cowboys such as Gene Autry and Roy Rogers and planned to spend $5 million in advertising and promotion featuring Allen over the ensuing five years.
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