Knight of the Plains

May 7, 1938

0h 52m

★ 4.7

SILVERY VOICED BUCKAROO

Overview

Peterson has a plan to obtain all the ranches in the valley. He gives Carson a phony Spanish land grant and has him pose as the Mexican owner. When Fred and Fuzzy have their cattle stolen by Peterson's men, they quickly become involved in the scheme.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Stan Laurel Productions

Knight of the Plains Trailers

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Cast

Fred

Fred Scott

Fuzzy

Al St. John

Gale Rand

Marion Weldon

Carson / Pedro de Cordoba

John Merton

Clem Peterson

Richard Cramer

J.C. Rand, Gale's Father

Frank LaRue

John Lane

Lafe McKee

Martha Lane

Emma Tansey

Henchman

Jimmy Aubrey

Henchman

James Sheridan

Henchman Manuel

Budd Buster

Henchman

Jack Evans

Hopalong Cassidy, boss of the Bar 20 ranch in Texas, rides down the Camino Real in the New Mexico cattle country near Alamogordo, in response to an urgent message from his lifelong sweetheart, Nora Blake, who is in serious trouble. Before he and his saddlemates, "Lucky" Jenkins and "Pappy", can reach her ranch, they are stopped by Clay Allison, a cattle-rustler who is in almost complete control of the district, and wants to extend his holdings by seizing Nora's cattle and driving her out. Seeing Cassidy as a menace to his plans, he has him arrested on a trumped-up charge. Cassidy and his pals shoot their way out of the trouble and reach Nora;s ranch where they learn that Allison's henchmen have murdered her foreman, Tom Dillon, and Allison has sent for a crew of outlaws on the Texas border.

4.0

The Frontiersmen

Dec 16, 1938

The local school is causing Hoppy problems. First Bar 20 cattle are stolen when Hoppy investigates a problem there. Then the new teacher arrives and disrupts the routine of the Bar 20 hands. Later with the Bar 20 hands at graduation, the rustlers are poised to strike again. But there is dissension among them and this will lead to the break that Hoppy needs.

6.0

In Old Amarillo

May 15, 1951

A drought is about to end the cattle business. The owner of a canning factory wants to buy all the remaining cattle cheap. He plans to ruin the cattlemen's plans to ship water by train and to seed the clouds for rain. Roy is sent by a packing house to investigate.

7.6

The Big Country

Sep 30, 1958

Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between his future father-in-law, Major Terrill, and the rough and lawless Hannasseys over a valuable patch of land.

4.7

Under California Stars

Apr 30, 1948

On vacation at his ranch, western actor Roy quickly finds himself involved with a horse rustling operation and a boy ward of one of the rustlers, leading to the kidnapping of Roy's trick horse Trigger by the gang with a demand for ransom.

6.9

The Far Country

Feb 12, 1954

During the Klondike Gold Rush, a misanthropic cattle driver and his talkative elderly partner run afoul of the law in Alaska and are forced to work for a saloon owner to take her supplies into a newly booming but lawless Candian town.

5.5

Rustlers' Rhapsody

May 10, 1985

A singing cowboy roams the Wild West with his sidekick, dancing horse and fancy wardrobe.

7.2

The Furies

Jul 22, 1950

A New Mexico cattle man and his strong-willed daughter clash over land and love.

5.5

Beyond the Rockies

Jul 8, 1932

A noted gunman takes a job on a cattle ranch to stop a band of rustlers.

5.6

Cimarron

Jan 26, 1931

When the government opens up the Oklahoma territory for settlement, restless Yancey Cravat claims a plot of the free land for himself and moves his family there from Wichita. A newspaperman, lawyer, and just about everything else, Cravat soon becomes a leading citizen of the boom town of Osage. Once the town is established, however, he begins to feel confined once again, and heads for the Cherokee Strip, leaving his family behind. During this and other absences, his wife Sabra must learn to take care of herself and soon becomes prominent in her own right.

6.3

The Culpepper Cattle Co.

Apr 15, 1972

Working as an assistant on a long cattle drive, the young Ben Mockridge contends between his dream of being a cowboy and the harsh truth of the Old West.

0.0

Desert Valley

Sep 25, 1926

Seeing cattle dying of thirst, a stranger shoots a hole in Hoades water pipeline. Hoades is hoarding water trying to drive the ranchers away. Hounded by the law for stealing a pie, the stranger sees a chance to redeem himself by forcing Hoades to sell his pipeline and leave the area.

5.4

Pocket Money

Feb 1, 1972

Broke and in debt, an otherwise honest cowboy and his buddy get mixed up in some shady dealings with a crooked cattle dealer.

6.5

Broken Lance

Sep 25, 1954

Tensions erupt within an Arizona cattle baron's household when his three sons vie for control of the ranch.

5.2

Vengeance Valley

Feb 14, 1951

A cattle baron takes in an orphaned boy and raises him, causing his own son to resent the boy. As they get older the resentment festers into hatred, and eventually the real son frames his stepbrother for fathering an illegitimate child that is actually his, seeing it as an opportunity to get his half-brother out of the way so he can have his father's empire all to himself.

5.0

The Strawberry Roan

Aug 1, 1948

Young Joe is paralyzed as he is bucked by a wild horse, a strawberry roan. Angered, his father, Walt, tries to shoot the horse but is stopped by his foreman, Gene Autry. The roan escapes and Autry, told to leave the ranch by Walt, finds and trains the horse, now named Champ, in hopes that by returning it to Joe it will provide him with the will to overcome his disability.