''Rustlers' Hideout'' is a 1944 American Western film directed by

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. In 1940 Crabbe had followed and replaced Bob Steele in the role of Billy the Kid in a series of B-Westerns. After 19 films as Billy, the character was renamed Billy Carson with seemingly no other changes to the series. He even kept his sidekick (Al St. John) from the "Kid" films. This was the 14th of the Carson series out of a total of 23 (1940-1946).

Plot summary

Billy and Fuzzy lead a cattle drive and face a gang of ruthless rustlers who use gambling debts and poisoning water holes to stop Billy's herd.

Cast

* Buster Crabbe as Billy Carson * Al St. John as

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* Patti McCarty as Barbara Crockett * Charles King as Buck Shaw * John Merton as Harry Stanton * Terry Frost as Jack Crockett * Hal Price as Dave Crockett * Lane Chandler as Gambler Hammond *

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as Henchman Steve * Frank McCarroll as Henchman Squint * Ed Cassidy as Sheriff *Falcon as Billy's Horse

Soundtrack

'' (1941) * '' Billy the Kid Trapped'' (1942) * '' Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns'' (1942) * '' Law and Order'' (1942) * '' Sheriff of Sage Valley'' (1942) * '' The Mysterious Rider'' (1942) * '' The Kid Rides Again'' (1943) * '' Fugitive of the Plains'' (1943) * '' Western Cyclone'' (1943) * '' Cattle Stampede'' (1943) * '' The Renegade'' (1943) * '' Blazing Frontier'' (1943) * '' Devil Riders'' (1943) * '' Frontier Outlaws'' (1944) * ''

Valley of Vengeance ''Valley of Vengeance'' is a 1944 American Western (genre), Western film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Joseph O'Donnell. The film stars Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Evelyn Finley, Donald Mayo, David Polonsky and Glenn Strange. The film ...

'' (1944) * ''

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'' (1944) * '' Fuzzy Settles Down'' (1944) * ''Rustlers' Hideout'' (1944) * '' Wild Horse Phantom'' (1944) * '' Oath of Vengeance'' (1944) * '' His Brother's Ghost'' (1945) * '' Thundering Gunslingers'' (1945) * '' Shadows of Death'' (1945) * '' Gangster's Den'' (1945) * '' Stagecoach Outlaws'' (1945) * '' Border Badmen'' (1945) * ''

Fighting Bill Carson ''Fighting Bill Carson'' is a 1945 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Louise Rousseau. The film stars Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Kay Hughes, I. Stanford Jolley, Kermit Maynard and John Cason. The film was released o ...

'' (1945) * '' Prairie Rustlers'' (1945) * '' Lightning Raiders'' (1945) * '' Terrors on Horseback'' (1946) * '' Gentlemen with Guns'' (1946) * '' Ghost of Hidden Valley'' (1946) * '' Prairie Badmen'' (1946) * '' Overland Riders'' (1946) * '' Outlaws of the Plains'' (1946)

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* * 1945 films 1945 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Billy the Kid (film series) 1940s English-language films Films directed by Sam Newfield 1940s American films {{1940s-Western-film-stub

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