The Drifter

"BOOKED FOR A HANGING! Buster's Neck is Due For Stretching...Till He Starts His Six Guns Barking"

1944 1h 2m EN

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6.2

IMDB

★8.0TMDB · 1★6.2IMDB · 62

Western

Synopsis

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A Robin Hood-type outlaw rides the range and helps others. Another outlaw who looks just like him tries to cash in on the other outlaw's reputation.

“BOOKED FOR A HANGING! Buster's Neck is Due For Stretching...Till He Starts His Six Guns Barking”

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Cast

Buster Crabbe
Billy Carson / Drifter Davis
Al St. John
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Carol Parker
Sally Dawson
Jack Ingram
Dirk Trent
Jimmy Aubrey
Sheriff Perkins
Slim Whitaker
Marshal Hodges
Ray Bennett
Simms
Kermit Maynard
Jack

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Sam Newfield
Writers: Patricia Harper, Patricia Harper
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 62-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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82 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Billy the Kid (Buster Crabbe) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 8

CAST

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Buster Crabbe and Al St. John and Carol Parker carry the top of the cast.

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CAST

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Marketing tagline: "BOOKED FOR A HANGING! Buster's Neck is Due For Stretching...Till He Starts His Six Guns Barking".

MoodPlayr · trivia#06

7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0036779 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Sam Newfield directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 62-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
282 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Billy the Kid (Buster Crabbe) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Buster Crabbe and Al St. John and Carol Parker carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "BOOKED FOR A HANGING! Buster's Neck is Due For Stretching...Till He Starts His Six Guns Barking".
7IMDB entry: tt0036779 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.