''Song of the Gringo'' is a 1936 American

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film directed by

John P. McCarthy John P. McCarthy (March 17, 1884 – September 4, 1962), also known as J.P. McCarthy or simply as John McCarthy, was an American director and screenwriter of the 1920s through 1945. He began in the film industry in front of the camera, as an ac ...

. The film is also known as ''The Old Corral'' in the

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. The film was the debut of

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Tex Ritter Woodward Maurice "Tex" Ritter (January 12, 1905 – January 2, 1974) was a pioneer of American country music, a singer, and an actor from the mid-1930s into the 1960s. He was the patriarch of the Ritter acting family (son John Ritter, grandso ...

. It was co-written by former outlaw and judge

Al Jennings Alphonso J. "Al" Jennings (November 25, 1863 – December 26, 1961) was an attorney in Oklahoma Territory who at one time robbed trains. He later became a silent film star and made many appearances in films as an actor and technical advisor, techn ...

who appears as a judge in the film.

Plot

An undercover Texas Ranger infiltrates a

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to identify and bring to justice a gang using murder to steal mineral mines.

Cast

as Tex *

Joan Woodbury Joan Elmer Woodbury (December 17, 1915 – February 22, 1989) was an American actress beginning in the 1930s and continuing well into the 1960s. Early life Woodbury was born in Los Angeles, California on December 17, 1915. Her father was Elmer ...

as Lolita Maria Dolores Del Valle *

Fuzzy Knight John Forrest "Fuzzy" Knight (May 9, 1901 – February 23, 1976) was an American film and television actor. He was also a singer, especially in his early career. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1928 and 1967, usually as a cowboy hero' ...

as Slim Zony *

Monte Blue Gerard Montgomery Blue (January 11, 1887 – February 18, 1963) was an American film actor who began his career as a romantic lead in the silent era; and for decades after the advent of sound, he continued to perform as a supporting player ...

as Sheriff * Ted Adams as Evans *

Warner Richmond Warner Richmond (born Werner Paul Otto Raetzmann; January 11, 1886 – June 19, 1948) was an American stage and film actor. He began his career as a stock theatre actor and appeared in films in both the silent film and sound eras. His career spa ...

as Henchman 'Cherokee' * Al J. Jennings as Judge *

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 Don Esteban Valle * William Desmond as Bailiff *

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 Prosecuting Attorney * Robert Fiske as Defense Attorney *

Rosa Rey Rosa Rey (born Isabel Mercedes Tárrago) was a Spanish actress and opera singer who worked in Hollywood from the 1930s through the 1960s. Biography Rey was born in Madrid, Spain, as Isabel Tárrago; she was a descendant of notable lawyer and p ...

as Rosita (the maid) * José Pacheco as Orchestra Leader

Soundtrack

* "Out on the Old Prairie" (by Tex Ritter) * "My Sweet Chiquita" (by Tex Ritter) * " Sam Hall" (by Tex Ritter) * "

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" (by Tex Ritter) * "You Are Reality" (Written by

)

External links

* * * 1936 films 1930s English-language films American black-and-white films 1936 Western (genre) films Grand National Films films American Western (genre) films Films directed by Robert Emmett Tansey 1930s American films Films scored by Frank Sanucci English-language Western (genre) films {{1930s-Western-film-stub