The Cattle Thief

1936 "Fighting A Lone War Against The Robbers Of The Range!"

The Cattle Thief

6.2 | NR | en | Western

Ken, sent to investigate cattle rustlers, poses as a peddler during the day but the Masked Rider at night.

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Released: May. 26,1936 | Released Producted By: Larry Darmour Productions , Country: Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

Synopsis

Ken, sent to investigate cattle rustlers, poses as a peddler during the day but the Masked Rider at night.

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Cast

Ken Maynard , Geneva Mitchell , Ward Bond

Director

Herbert Kirkpatrick

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Larry Darmour Productions ,

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Cast

Ken Maynard

as Ken

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Geneva Mitchell

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Ward Bond

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Reviews

alan-pratt I'm afraid my co-reviewer seems to have got himself into a bit of a muddle! As opposed to spending "so little time on the screen", doughty Ken Maynard appears throughout, either as himself or in his pedlar disguise - James A. Marcus plays a different character altogether! - as he tries to find out who is stirring up a range war between the local ranchers.This is an above average Maynard entry: his performance as the apparently gormless pedlar is particularly good and serves as a reminder that he had a flair for comedy that was not always utilised.There is a fair degree of action, a few scenes to justify Tarzan's billing as a "wonder horse" - he adroitly ties a villain to a tree! - and Ken gets to warble briefly, reminding us all that, pre-Gene Autry, he was sometimes classified as a "singing cowboy".Geneva Mitchell is a bit stiff as Alice, Ken's love interest, but Ward Bond as the chief heavy is well above average for this kind of fare, his authoritative performance showing clear signs of greater days to come.

boblipton This oater starring Ken Maynard investigating some rustled cattle while wearing a mask is curiously flat and limp. Perhaps it's because he spends so little time on the screen. Perhaps it's because James A. Marcus, who plays a peddler, offers us too little sense of motion..... he plays the characters as hunched and arthritic.That sense of inability suffuses the movie as the ranch owner is confined to a wheelchair after a stroke, unable to speak. Add to that ex-Follies chorine Geneva Mitchell as the nurse/love interest looking sarcastic and bored. All in all, I think it's because this effort is so underwritten that the actual plot takes up maybe ten minutes and the rest of the movie lacks any sort of fun or effort to entertain.

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