Under Western Skies (1945 film) explained

Under Western Skies
Director:Jean Yarbrough
Producer:Warren Wilson
Screenplay:Stanley Roberts
Clyde Bruckman
Story:Stanley Roberts
(Original Story)
Starring:Martha O'Driscoll
Noah Beery, Jr.
Cinematography:Charles Van Enger
Editing:Philip Cahn
Studio:Universal Pictures
Distributor:Universal Pictures
Runtime:56 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English

Under Western Skies is a 1945 American Western musical film directed by Jean Yarbrough and starring Martha O'Driscoll and Noah Beery, Jr. It is set in the fictional town of Rim Rock, Arizona.

Plot

Katie Wells (Martha O'Driscoll) is part of a traveling musical troupe that arrives in town after having been waylayed by local bandit King Carlos Randall (Leo Carrillo) who is smitten by the pretty entertainer. Randall and his gang follow the troupe into town and disrupt the show when Sheriff James Whitcolm Wyatt (Irving Bacon) accosts them.

Rim Rock school teacher Tod Howell (Noah Beery, Jr.) begins courting Wells, but plans are thwarted when Randall kidnaps Wells. Sheriff Wyatt rescues Wells, and she and Howell are married.[1]

Cast

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Under Western Skies. AFI Catalog of Feature Films. AFI. July 29, 2015.