''Rustlers' Hideout'' is a 1944 American

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film directed by

Sam Newfield Sam Newfield, born Samuel Neufeld (December 6, 1899 – November 10, 1964), also known as Sherman Scott or Peter Stewart, was an American Film director, director, one of the most prolific in American film history—he is credited with directin ...

. 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 Droving is the practice of walking livestock over long distances. It is a type of herding, often associated with cattle, in which case it is a cattle drive (particularly in the US). Droving stock to market—usually on foot and often with the ...

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

Cast

Buster Crabbe Clarence Linden "Buster" Crabbe II (; February 7, 1908 – April 23, 1983) was an American two-time Olympic swimmer and film and television actor. He won the 1932 Olympic gold medal for 400-meter freestyle swimming event, which launched his c ...

as Billy Carson * Al St. John as Fuzzy Jones *

Patti McCarty Lois Patricia McCarty (February 11, 1921 - July 7, 1985) was an American actress. Biography Baker was born in Bakersfield, California, and grew up in Healdsburg. She graduated from Covina High School in Covina, California, and she attended ...

as Barbara Crockett * Charles King as Buck Shaw *

John Merton John Merton (born Myrtland F. LaVarre; February 18, 1901 – September 19, 1959) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 250 films between 1927 and 1959, mostly as a villain. He was the brother of filmmakers André de la Varre an ...

as Harry Stanton *

Terry Frost Sir Terence Ernest Manitou Frost RA (13 October 1915 – 1 September 2003) was a British abstract artist, who worked in Newlyn, Cornwall. Frost was renowned for his use of the Cornish light, colour and shape to start a new art movement in ...

as Jack Crockett *

Hal Price Harry Franklin "Hal" Price (June 24, 1886 – April 15, 1964) was an American film and stage actor. He appeared in more than 260 films between 1930 and 1952. He is the father of character actress and comedian Lu Leonard. On stage, Price ...

as Dave Crockett *

Lane Chandler Lane Chandler (born Robert Clinton Oakes, June 4, 1899 – September 14, 1972) was an American actor specializing mainly in Westerns. Biography Early life Chandler was raised on a ranch near Culbertson, Montana, the son of a horse ran ...

as Gambler Hammond *

Al Ferguson Al Ferguson (19 April 1888 – 4 December 1971) was an Irish-born American film actor. Born in County Wexford, Ireland, he appeared in nearly 300 films between 1912 and 1956. Billed as Smoke Ferguson, by 1912 he was making Westerns for Selig Po ...

as Henchman Steve * Frank McCarroll as Henchman Squint *

Ed Cassidy Edward Claude Cassidy (May 4, 1923 – December 6, 2012) was an American jazz and rock drummer who was one of the founders of the rock group Spirit in 1967. Biography Cassidy was born in Harvey, Illinois, a south suburb of Chicago on May 4, ...

as Sheriff *Falcon as Billy's Horse

Soundtrack

'' (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'' (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 English-language Western (genre) films {{1940s-US-Western-film-stub

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