Gangster's Den

Gangster's Den
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sam Newfield
Written by	George H. Plympton (original story) George H. Plympton (screenplay)
Produced by	Sigmund Neufeld (producer)
Starring	See below
Cinematography	Jack Greenhalgh
Edited by	Holbrook N. Todd
Distributed by	Producers Releasing Corporation
Release date	1945 (1945)
Running time	55 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Gangster's Den is a 1945 American Producers Releasing Corporation Western film of the "Billy the Kid" series directed by Sam Newfield. The film is notable for having three comedy relief characters; Al St. John, Emmett Lynn, and Charles King, who usually plays the villain.

Plot

Fuzzy (Al St. John) is upset that the ranch hands spend their time and money at a saloon where they lose their money drinking and gambling. Fuzzy decides to buy the saloon to keep an eye on the men and moderate their vices, but a shifty lawyer has other ideas and plans to use murder to get his way.

Cast

• Buster Crabbe as Billy Carson
• Al St. John as Fuzzy Jones
• Sydney Logan as Ruth Lane
• Charles King as Butch
• Emmett Lynn as Webb aka Webfoot
• Kermit Maynard as Henchman Curt
• Ed Cassidy as Sheriff
• I. Stanford Jolley as Lawyer Horace Black
• George Chesebro as Dent, Black Henchman
• Karl Hackett as Old Man Taylor, Bar Owner
• Michael Owen as Jimmy Lane, Ruth's Brother

See also

The "Billy the Kid" films starring Buster Crabbe:

• Billy the Kid Wanted (1941)
• Billy the Kid's Round-Up (1941)
• Billy the Kid Trapped (1942)
• Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns (1942)
• Law and Order (1942)
• Sheriff of Sage Valley (1942)
• The Mysterious Rider (1942)
• The Kid Rides Again (1943)
• Fugitive of the Plains (1943)
• Western Cyclone (1943)
• Cattle Stampede (1943)
• The Renegade (1943)
• Blazing Frontier (1943)
• Devil Riders (1943)
• Frontier Outlaws (1944)
• Valley of Vengeance (1944)
• The Drifter (1944)
• Fuzzy Settles Down (1944)
• Rustlers' Hideout (1944)
• Wild Horse Phantom (1944)
• Oath of Vengeance (1944)
• His Brother's Ghost (1945)
• Thundering Gunslingers (1945)
• Shadows of Death (1945)
• Gangster's Den (1945)
• Stagecoach Outlaws (1945)
• Border Badmen (1945)
• Fighting Bill Carson (1945)
• Prairie Rustlers (1945)
• Lightning Raiders (1945)
• Terrors on Horseback (1946)
• Gentlemen with Guns (1946)
• Ghost of Hidden Valley (1946)
• Prairie Badmen (1946)
• Overland Riders (1946)
• Outlaws of the Plains (1946)

External links

• Gangster's Den at IMDb
• Gangster's Den is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive