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5.0/10 • 3

1936-02-140h 56m

ActionWesternRomance

He Was a One Man Man-Hunter in a Ruthless Fight for Land...And a Girl!

Although Larry "Buster" Crabbe earns top billing, the hero of Drift Fence is former Western star Tom Keene as Jim Travis, who, at a rodeo, meets city dweller Jim Traft, who has come west to erect a fence that will prevent Clay Jackson from continuing his cattle rustling business. A tough Western type, Travis suggests that he impersonate Traft and the building of the fence soon begins. But Travis is opposed by Slinger Dunn and his family, whose small ranch will suffer from the division of the land. A romance between Travis and Slinger's sister, Paula, paves the way for a meeting of the minds, however, and Slinger switches sides completely upon learning that Travis is a Texas Ranger in disguise.

Directors
Otho Lovering
Editors
Everett Douglas

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Buster Crabbe

    Buster Crabbe

    'Slinger' Dunn

  2. Katherine DeMille

    Katherine DeMille

    Molly Dunn

  3. Tom Keene

    Tom Keene

    Jim Travis

  4. Benny Baker

    Benny Baker

    Jim Traft

  5. Leif Erickson

    Leif Erickson

    Curley Prentice

  6. Stanley Andrews

    Stanley Andrews

    Clay Jackson

  7. Effie Ellsler

    Effie Ellsler

    Granny Dunn

  8. Richard Carle

    Richard Carle

    Sheriff Bingham

  9. Jan Duggan

    Jan Duggan

    Carrie Bingham

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CinemaSerf

May 8, 2024

5/10

This was made in the same year that star Buster Crabbe was off fighting Charles Middleton's menacing "Emperor Ming" and he should maybe just have stuck to that? After a bit of quite exciting rodeo action, we meet "Travis" (Tom Keene) who is chatting with the check-clad "Traft" (Benny Baker) who isn't prepared to risk his hat to run his uncle's cattle ranch, so maybe he could manage it for him? What "Traft" doesn't know is that his new friend is really a Texas Ranger and this plan could work well as he is chasing an outlaw believed to be rustling the cows. Crabbe's "Slinger" owns the adjacent property and is soon embroiled in a plot designed to make people suspicious that it's actually him that's doing the thieving, so he's going to have to act. That's really the bit that lets the whole thing down. None of them are really very good at that, and it misses the cheeky, curmudgeonly, character usually employed to inject a little comedy into it too. Crabbe is just way too earnest and although Effie Ellsler has some fun as the granny wielding a gun easily as long as she is tall, it's all a rather procedural drama with little to remember about it. I think it's called "drift" for a reason.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
rodeo