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Call of the Rockies (1944)

LUSTY ACTION and ROARIN' LAUGHS...with your favorite western wildcats...SMILEY...and SUNSET...to the tune of spittin' six-guns and the rhythm of galloping hoofs!

Genre : Western

Runtime : 56M

Director : Lesley Selander

Synopsis

Cowboy Sunset Carson teams up with Frog Millhouse on a routine supply trip to Placer City. Before long, the duo find themselves ambushed by a team of dastardly highwaymen embroiled in an extortion ring. Sunset and Frog must then go undercover to set things right for a mining town under siege. Galloping hooves, spittin' six shooters, and all manner of disreputable behavior ensue.

Actors

Smiley Burnette
Smiley Burnette
Frog Millhouse
Sunset Carson
Sunset Carson
Sunset Carson (as Sonny "Sunset" Carson)
Harry Woods
Harry Woods
J. B. Murdock
Kirk Alyn
Kirk Alyn
Ned Crane
Ellen Hall
Ellen Hall
Marjorie Malloy
Frank Jaquet
Frank Jaquet
Doc Lee
Charles Williams
Charles Williams
Burton Witherspoon
Jack Kirk
Jack Kirk
Sheriff
Tom London
Tom London
Henchman Hansen
Bob Kortman
Bob Kortman
Henchman Watson
Edmund Cobb
Edmund Cobb
Workman
Brandon Beach
Brandon Beach
Townsman
Ralph Bucko
Ralph Bucko
Miner
Roy Bucko
Roy Bucko
Miner Buck
Horace B. Carpenter
Horace B. Carpenter
Miner
Tommy Coats
Tommy Coats
Henchman
Franklyn Farnum
Franklyn Farnum
Miner
Bud Geary
Bud Geary
Water Poisoner
Kit Guard
Kit Guard
Miner
Herman Hack
Herman Hack
Miner
Nolan Leary
Nolan Leary
Townsman
Rex Lease
Rex Lease
Miner Kendall
Frank McCarroll
Frank McCarroll
Henchman
Kansas Moehring
Kansas Moehring
Poisoned Miner
Bill Nestell
Bill Nestell
Poisoned Miner Jim
Jack O'Shea
Jack O'Shea
Miner Sam Foster
Post Park
Post Park
Stagecoach Driver
Carl Sepulveda
Carl Sepulveda
Henchman
Robert J. Wilke
Robert J. Wilke
Deputy Jim
Harry Wilson
Harry Wilson
Miner
Bob Burns
Bob Burns
Townsman

Crews

Lesley Selander
Lesley Selander
Director
Robert Creighton Williams
Robert Creighton Williams
Writer
Louis Gray
Louis Gray
Associate Producer
Harry Keller
Harry Keller
Editor
Fred A. Ritter
Fred A. Ritter
Art Direction
George Milo
George Milo
Set Decoration
Yakima Canutt
Yakima Canutt
Second Unit
Victor B. Appel
Victor B. Appel
Sound Director
Tommy Coats
Tommy Coats
Stunts
Bud Geary
Bud Geary
Stunts
Tom Steele
Tom Steele
Stunts
John MacBurnie
John MacBurnie
Director of Photography
Joseph Dubin
Joseph Dubin
Music Director

Posters and backgrounds

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