Under Western Skies (1945 film)

Under Western Skies
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jean Yarbrough
Screenplay by	Stanley Roberts Clyde Bruckman
Story by	Stanley Roberts (Original Story)
Produced by	Warren Wilson
Starring	Martha O'Driscoll Noah Beery, Jr.
Cinematography	Charles Van Enger
Edited by	Philip Cahn
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	January 19, 1945 (1945-01-19)
Running time	56 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Under Western Skies is a 1945 American Western musical film directed by Jean Yarbrough and starring Martha O'Driscoll and Noah Beery, Jr. It is set in the fictional town of Rim Rock, Arizona.

Plot

Katie Wells (Martha O'Driscoll) is part of a traveling musical troupe that arrives in town after having been waylayed by local bandit King Carlos Randall (Leo Carrillo) who is smitten by the pretty entertainer. Randall and his gang follow the troupe into town and disrupt the show when Sheriff James Whitcolm Wyatt (Irving Bacon) accosts them.

Rim Rock school teacher Tod Howell (Noah Beery, Jr.) begins courting Wells, but plans are thwarted when Randall kidnaps Wells. Sheriff Wyatt rescues Wells, and she and Howell are married.

Cast

• Martha O'Driscoll as Katie Wells
• Noah Beery, Jr. as Tod Howell
• Leo Carrillo as King Carlos Randall
• Leon Errol as Willie Wells
• Irving Bacon as Sheriff James Whitcolm Wyatt
• Dorothy Granger – Maybelle Watkins
• Ian Keith as Professor Moffett
• Jennifer Holt as Charity
• Edna May Wonacott as Faith
• Earle Hodgins as Mayor Dave Mayfield
• Al Shaw as Barton Brother Act (as Shaw and Lee)
• Sam Lee as Barton Brother Act (as Shaw and Lee)
• Dorothy Granger as Maybelle
• Jack Rice as Neil Mathews

External links

• Under Western Skies at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
• Under Western Skies at IMDb
• Under Western Skies at AllMovie
• Under Western Skies at the TCM Movie Database