West of the Alamo (1946)

West of the Alamo

1946

Music Western

Synopsis

Despite his unprepossessing screen personality, singing cowboy Jimmy Wakely was starred in a series of Monogram westerns, one of which was West of the Alamo. Wakely and comedy sidekick Lee "Lasses" White play a pair of government agents who work undercover to solve a series of baffling crimes. It comes to no one's surprise that the criminal mastermind is the town's leading citizen, in this case banker Clay Bradford (Jack Ingram). As was typical in the Wakely westerns, West of the Alamo is approximately 25 percent action and 75 percent musical. Among the guest warblers this time out is the Arthur Smith Trio, headed by a gospel singer who'd later emcee a popular religious TV talk show.

Credits

Director

Oliver Drake

Cast

Betty Lou Head as Mary Jones

Budd Buster as Shotgun

Early Cantrell as Helen Morgan

Eddie Majors as Henchman Dean Thomas

Iris Clive as Jane Morgan

Jack Ingram as Clay Bradford

Jimmy Wakely as Texas Ranger Jimmy Wakely

Lee 'Lasses' White as Texas Ranger 'Lasses' White