Western

Panhandle

- SEE The fiercest man-to-man fight ever caught on film! The last, wild stand of the Panhandle outlaws! The women who were more than a match for Texas badmen!

An ex-gunfighter woos two women while avenging his brother, victim of a crooked gambler.

Release Date : 1948-02-22

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Champion-Edwards ProductionsAllied Artists Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : John Sands

Original Name : Rod Cameron

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jean 'Dusty' Stewart

Original Name : Cathy Downs

Gender : Female

Character Name : Matt Garson

Original Name : Reed Hadley

Gender : Male

Character Name : June O'Carroll

Original Name : Anne Gwynne

Gender : Female

Character Name : Floyd Schofield

Original Name : Blake Edwards

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wells

Original Name : Henry Hall

Gender : Male

Character Name : Elliott Crockett

Original Name : Dick Crockett

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sheriff Jim

Original Name : Rory Mallinson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Botticelli - the Barber

Original Name : Charles Judels

Gender : Male

Character Name : Raven McBride

Original Name : Alex Gerry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Crump

Original Name : Francis McDonald

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doc Cooper

Original Name : J. Farrell MacDonald

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tyler

Original Name : Stanley Andrews

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jack

Original Name : Jeff York

Gender : Male

Character Name : Juan

Original Name : Charles La Torre

Gender : Male

Character Name : Regan

Original Name : Frank Dae

Gender : Male

Character Name : Harland

Original Name : James Harrison

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gambler

Original Name : Billy Wayne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barber Customer (uncredited)

Original Name : Trevor Bardette

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barfly (uncredited)

Original Name : Ivan Bell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barfly (uncredited)

Original Name : Buck Bucko

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barfly (uncredited)

Original Name : Roy Bucko

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cabot (uncredited)

Original Name : Wheaton Chambers

Gender : Male

Character Name : Old Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Ben Corbett

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barfly (uncredited)

Original Name : Rube Dalroy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Townsman (uncredited)

Original Name : Tex Driscoll

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mac - Horse Seller (uncredited)

Original Name : Tom Fadden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Townsman (uncredited)

Original Name : Art Felix

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cowhand (uncredited)

Original Name : John Frawley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Townsman (uncredited)

Original Name : Michael Gaddis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bartender (uncredited)

Original Name : Herman Hack

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barfly (uncredited)

Original Name : Neal Hart

Gender : Male

Character Name : Neill (uncredited)

Original Name : Herbert Heywood

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barfly (uncredited)

Original Name : Ray Jones

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rancher (uncredited)

Original Name : Charles Jordan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boy at Hotel (uncredited)

Original Name : Billy Kimbley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pop Jenkins (uncredited)

Original Name : Louis Mason

Gender : Male

Character Name : Poker Player (uncredited)

Original Name : Frank Mayo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barfly (uncredited)

Original Name : Mathew McCue

Gender : Male

Character Name : Townswoman (uncredited)

Original Name : Tina Menard

Gender : Female

Character Name : Poker Player (uncredited)

Original Name : Tom Monroe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ed (uncredited)

Original Name : Lew Morphy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Townsman (uncredited)

Original Name : George Morrell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bartender (uncredited)

Original Name : Artie Ortego

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wagon Train Driver (uncredited)

Original Name : Bud Osborne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barfly (uncredited)

Original Name : Jack Perry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Old Timer (uncredited)

Original Name : Hank Patterson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barfly (uncredited)

Original Name : Bud Rae

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barfly (uncredited)

Original Name : Jack Roper

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pedro - Mexican at Road Station (uncredited)

Original Name : Tony Roux

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sandy (uncredited)

Original Name : Frank J. Scannell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barfly (uncredited)

Original Name : Charles Soldani

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bartender (uncredited)

Original Name : Cap Somers

Gender : Male

Character Name : Heavy (uncredited)

Original Name : Guy Teague

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mexican Woman (uncredited)

Original Name : Rosa Turich

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Original Name : Wally Walker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kenney (uncredited)

Original Name : Anthony Warde

Gender : Male

Character Name : Old Man Bush (uncredited)

Original Name : Lee 'Lasses' White

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

John Sands: Even Billy the Kid backed down from him! Panhandle is directed by Leslie Selander and written by John C. Champion and Blake Edwards. It stars Rod Cameron, Cathy Downs, Reed Hadley, Anne Gwynne, Blake Edwards, Dick Crockett and Rory Mallinson. Music is by Rex Dunn and cinematography by Harry Neumann. John Sands (Cameron) has to return to his gunfighter ways when news reaches him that his brother has been murdered... Filmed in Sepiatone and a little more serious than many other 1940's Westerns, Panhandle is a satisfying experience for genre enthusiasts. Formula is rife as we would come to know it in Oaters, though, as picture ticks off the check list: badman turned good who is forced to turn bad again for revenge, romance tingling in the air, quick draw shoot-outs, punch-up, weasel villain and his hired cronies, poker games with the inevitable cheat called out and the "hooray" finale. All of which is nicely directed and performed by the cast. The location scenery doesn't get much chance to shine through, and in truth the Sepiatone does little to improve the picture, but this is easily recommended to the Western faithful. 7/10

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-07-09

Randolph Scott lookalike Rod Cameron is "Sands", a former lawman who travels to a Texas town to investigate the shooting of his newspaper-man brother. Upon arrival, he quickly discovers the town, indeed the territory, under the heel of "Matt Garson" (Reed Hadley). With the help of his secretary "Dusty" (Cathy Downs) he vows to avenge his brother's death. It's quite eerily shot - much of the action takes place at night, in torrential rain, but the story is all just a bit too well travelled, and neither the actors nor the script offer much by way of innovation. This is still a perfectly watchable B-feature that dawdles for the first half hour before finally picking up just enough speed to hold the attention. It's too long - but then films were frequently elongated to accommodate the paying public's appetite for cinema, rather than because the story justified it.