Sheriff of Sage Valley

Sheriff of Sage Valley
Sheriff of Sage Valley
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sam Newfield
Written by	George Wallace Sayre (original screenplay); Milton Raison (original screenplay);
Produced by	Sigmund Neufeld (producer)
Starring	See below
Cinematography	Jack Greenhalgh
Edited by	Holbrook N. Todd
Distributed by	Producers Releasing Corporation
Release date	September 2, 1942
Running time	57 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Sheriff of Sage Valley is a 1942 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield.^[1]

Plot

Billy, Fuzzy and Jeff interrupt a stagecoach robbery and discover that one of the passengers, the sheriff of Sage Valley was shot in the back by one of the other passengers. Upon arrival in Sage Valley Mayor Jed Harrison appoints Billy Sheriff to arrest the criminal mastermind Kansas Ed that turns out to be Billy's long lost brother.^[2]

Cast

Buster Crabbe as Billy the Kid / Kansas Ed Bonney
Al St. John as Fuzzy
Dave O'Brien as Jeff
Maxine Leslie as Janet Morley – Casino Singer
Charles King as Sloane, Casino Proprietor
John Merton as Nick Gaynor – Kansas Henchman
Kermit Maynard as Henchman Slim Jankins
Hal Price as Mayor Jed Harrison

Production

Historical inaccuracies

This film takes a significant amount of poetic license with historical fact. Billy the Kid was never a hero made sheriff, and he did not have a twin brother.^[2]

Reception

In its December 9, 1942 edition, Variety noted that this low budget indie film "ranks with the best in the field".^[2]

Soundtrack

Maxine Leslie – "The Man Who Broke My Heart" (Written by Johnny Lange and Lew Porter)

References

^ Pitts, Michael R. (January 4, 2013). Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films, 2d ed. McFarland. p. 309. ISBN 978-0-7864-6372-5.
^ a b c Rainey, Buck (November 17, 2015). Western Gunslingers in Fact and on Film: Hollywood's Famous Lawmen and Outlaws. McFarland. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-4766-0328-5.

External links

Sheriff of Sage Valley at IMDb
Sheriff of Sage Valley is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive

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[1] Pitts, Michael R. (January 4, 2013). Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films, 2d ed. McFarland. p. 309. ISBN 978-0-7864-6372-5.

[:0-2] Rainey, Buck (November 17, 2015). Western Gunslingers in Fact and on Film: Hollywood's Famous Lawmen and Outlaws. McFarland. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-4766-0328-5.