''Black Arrow'' is a 1944 American
Western
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Serial film
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directed by
Lew Landers
Lew Landers (born Louis Friedlander, January 2, 1901 – December 16, 1962) was an American independent film and television director.
Biography
Born as Louis Friedlander in New York City, Lew Landers began his movie career as an actor. In 1914, ...
and starring
Roberts Scott,
Adele Jergens
Adele Jergens (November 26, 1917 – November 22, 2002) was an American actress.
Early life
Adele Louisa Jurgens (some sources say Jurgenson) was born in Brooklyn, New York.
Career
Jergens rose to prominence in the late 1930s when she was nam ...
,
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and
Kenneth MacDonald.
Plot
Buck Sherman and Jake Jackson, a couple of evil carpetbaggers, illegally enter a
Navajo
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reservation to prospect for gold and end up killing Aranho, the Navajos' chief. Black Arrow, presumed to be Aranho's son, refuses to kill the Indian agent, Tom Whitney, in revenge, as demanded by Navajo law. Black Arrow is driven off the reservation for his reluctance to kill Whitney and decides to join forces with Pancho, Mary Brent and Whitney to track down the men who killed the chief (Sherman and Jackson).
Cast
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Mark Roberts as Black Arrow (as Robert Scott)
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Adele Jergens
Adele Jergens (November 26, 1917 – November 22, 2002) was an American actress.
Early life
Adele Louisa Jurgens (some sources say Jurgenson) was born in Brooklyn, New York.
Career
Jergens rose to prominence in the late 1930s when she was nam ...
as Mary Brent
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Robert B. Williams as Buck Sherman (as Robert Williams)
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Kenneth MacDonald as Jake Jackson
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Charles Middleton as Tom Whitney
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Elmo Lincoln
Elmo Lincoln (born Otto Elmo Linkenhelt; February 6, 1889June 27, 1952) was an American stage and film actor whose career in motion pictures spanned the silent and sound eras. He performed in over 100 screen productions between 1913 and 1952, a ...
as Chief Aranho
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Martin Garralaga
Martín Garralaga (10 November 1894 – 12 June 1981) was a Spanish actor who worked in Hollywood from the 1930s through the 1960s. He was married to opera singer and actress Rosa Rey.
Biography
Garralaga first came to the United States wh ...
as Pancho
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Chief Thundercloud
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as the
medicine man
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George J. Lewis
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as the "Snake-Who-Walks"
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I. Stanford Jolley as Tobis Becker
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Stanley Price
Stanley Price (December 31, 1892July 13, 1955) was an American film supporting actor who appeared in over 200 films between 1922 and 1956. He was a charter member of the Screen Actors Guild.
Career
Price was an actor whose artistic career s ...
as Wade
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Ferris Taylor
Robert Ferris Taylor (March 25, 1888 – March 7, 1961) was an American film actor and vaudeville performer.
Biography
Taylor owned a vaudeville company, the Taylor Players. Besides his acting, Taylor sometimes sang in vaudeville programs. ...
as the Sheriff
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Dale Van Sickel
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as a henchman
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Dan White
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as Paul Brent
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Forrest Taylor
Edwin Forrest Taylor (December 29, 1883 – February 19, 1965) was an American character actor whose artistic career spanned six different decades, from Silent film, silents through Sound film, talkies to the advent of Color motion picture fil ...
as Prescott
* Nick Thompson as Atalan
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Eddie Parker as Hank
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Bud Osborne
Leonard Miles "Bud" Osborne (July 20, 1884 – February 2, 1964) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 600 films and television programs between 1912 and 1963.
Biography
Osborne was born Miles Osborne in Knox County, Texas, ...
as Fred
Chapter titles
# The City of Gold
# Signal of Fear
# The Seal of Doom
# Terror of the Badlands
# The Secret of the Vault
# Appointment with Death
# The Chamber of Horror
# The Vanishing Dagger
# Escape from Death
# The Gold Cache
# The Curse of the Killer
# Test by Torture
# The Sign of Evil
# An Indian's Revenge
# Black Arrow Triumphs
See also
*
List of American films of 1944
Below is a list of American films released in 1944. ''Going My Way'' won Best Picture at the 17th Academy Awards. The remaining four nominees were ''Double Indemnity'', '' Gaslight'', '' Since You Went Away'' and '' Wilson''.
A
B
C
D
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External links
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Cinefania.com
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1944 films
1940s English-language films
American black-and-white films
1944 Western (genre) films
Columbia Pictures film serials
Films directed by Lew Landers
Films directed by B. Reeves Eason
American Western (genre) films
1940s American films
Films with screenplays by Sherman Lowe
Films about Native Americans
English-language Western (genre) films