Cowboy Counsellor Explained

Cowboy Counsellor
Director:George Melford
Producer:M.H. Hoffman Jr.
Starring:Hoot Gibson
Cinematography:Tom Galligan
Harry Neumann
Editing:Mildred Johnston
Distributor:Allied Pictures
Runtime:62 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English

Cowboy Counsellor is a 1932 American Pre-Code Western film starring Hoot Gibson and directed by George Melford. It mixed in strong elements of comedy with courtroom drama. One reviewer deemed it "the best of Gibson's films for Allied."[1] [2]

Plot

Dan Alton is a con artist, posing as a lawyer in order to sell copies of a phony law book. When Bill Clary robs a stagecoach, and plants some of the stolen money at the ranch of Luke Avery, Avery's sister beautiful sister Ruth ropes an instantly smitten Alton into being Avery's defense attorney. As part of his strategy to defend Avery, Alton plans to pull off another stagecoach robbery.

Cast

Notes and References

  1. Phil Hardy, The Encyclopedia of Western Movies, page 35, 1983.
  2. https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/4887 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Cowboy Counsellor