STREETS OF LAREDO
DIRECTED BY LESLIE FENTON
MUSIC BY VICTOR YOUNG
PRODUCED BY ROBERT FELLOWS
PARAMOUNT PICTURES
INFORMATION FROM IMDb
Plot Summary
Texas, 1878: cheerful outlaw-buddies Jim, Lorn and Wahoo rescue spunky orphan Rannie Carter from rustling racketeers, then are forced to separate. Lorn goes on to bigger and better robberies, while Jim and Wahoo are (at first reluctantly) maneuvered into joining the Texas Rangers. For friendship's sake, the three try to keep out of direct conflict, but a showdown begins to look inevitable. And Rannie, now grown into lovely young womanhood, must choose between Lorn and Jim.
Written by Rod Crawford
Cast
William Holden ... Jim Dawkins
Macdonald Carey ... Lorn Reming
Mona Freeman ... Rannie Carter
William Bendix ... Reuben 'Wahoo' Jones
Stanley Ridges ... Major Bailey
Alfonso Bedoya ... Charley Calico
Ray Teal ... Henchman Cantrel
Clem Bevans ... Pop Lint
James Bell ... Ike
Dick Foote ... Texas Ranger Pipes
Joe Dominguez ... Texas Ranger Francisco
Grandon Rhodes ... Phil Jessup
Perry Ivins ... Mayor Towson
Hank Worden ... Texas Ranger (uncredited)
and many more...
Directed
Leslie Fenton
Writing Credits
Charles Marquis Warren ... (screenplay)
Louis Stevens ... (story) and
Elizabeth Hill ... (story)
King Vidor ... (original screenplay) (uncredited)
Produced
Robert Fellows
Music
Victor Young
Cinematography
Ray Rennahan
Trivia
One of over 700 Paramount productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by MCA ever since. Considered a centerpiece of the Paramount Film Library, Its initial telecasts took place in San Francisco Thursday 8 January 1959 on KPIX (Channel 5), in Seattle 30 January 1959 on KIRO (Channel 7), in Chicago Thursday 5 February 1959 on WBBM (Channel 2) and in Philadelphia Friday 6 February 1959 on WCAU (Channel 10), and it immediately became a popular local favorite; in Minneapolis it first aired 11 April 1959 on WTCN (Channel 11), in Grand Rapids 4 August 1959 on WOOD (Channel 8), in Pittsburgh 5 August 1959 on KDKA (Channel 2), in Indianapolis 29 September 1959 on WFBM (Channel 6), in Omaha 3 November 1959 on KETV (Channel 7), simultaneously in both Detroit and Johnstown 9 November 1959 on WJBK (Channel 2) and WJAC (Channel 6), in Toledo 14 November 1959 on WTOL (Channel 11), and in Asheville, North Carolina 7 March 1960 on WLOS (Channel 13). At this time, color broadcasting was still in its infancy, limited to only a small number of high rated programs, primarily on NBC and NBC affiliated stations, so most vintage film showings were still in B&W, excluding WFBM, an NBC affiliate in Indianapolis, who broadcast this one in color. Otherwise, viewers were not offered the opportunity to see these films in their original Technicolor until several years later. Happily, today's televiewers can now enjoy it, fully restored to its original Technicolor grandeur on the Western Channel.
Filmed in 1948, but not released until 1949.
Goofs
Character error
The montage of newspapers and Wanted posters portraying Lorn Reming's solo outlaw career includes a newspaper headline with the word "Dicipline".
Revealing mistakes
During a fist fight between two characters, a knife winds up stuck in the back of a guitar. The guitar is kicked during the fight and the knife wobbles back and forth, revealing it to be rubber.
Filming Locations
Gallup, New Mexico, USA
Melody Ranch - 24715 Oak Creek Avenue, Newhall, California, USA
Paramount Ranch - 2813 Cornell Road, Agoura, California, USA
Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA
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