| Gangster's Den | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Sam Newfield | 
| Written by | George H. Plympton (original story) George H. Plympton (screenplay)  | 
| Produced by | Sigmund Neufeld (producer) | 
| Starring | See below | 
| Cinematography | Jack Greenhalgh | 
| Edited by | Holbrook N. Todd | 
| Distributed by | Producers Releasing Corporation | 
Release date  | 1945 | 
Running time  | 55 minutes | 
| Country | United States | 
| Language | English | 
Gangster's Den is a 1945 American Producers Releasing Corporation Western film of the "Billy the Kid" series directed by Sam Newfield. The film is notable for having three comedy relief characters; Al St. John, Emmett Lynn, and Charles King, who usually plays the villain.
Plot
Fuzzy (Al St. John) is upset that the ranch hands spend their time and money at a saloon where they lose their money drinking and gambling. Fuzzy decides to buy the saloon to keep an eye on the men and moderate their vices, but a shifty lawyer has other ideas and plans to use murder to get his way.
Cast
- Buster Crabbe as Billy Carson
 - Al St. John as Fuzzy Jones
 - Sydney Logan as Ruth Lane
 - Charles King as Butch
 - Emmett Lynn as Webb aka Webfoot
 - Kermit Maynard as Henchman Curt
 - Ed Cassidy as Sheriff
 - I. Stanford Jolley as Lawyer Horace Black
 - George Chesebro as Dent, Black Henchman
 - Karl Hackett as Old Man Taylor, Bar Owner
 - Michael Owen as Jimmy Lane, Ruth's Brother
 
See also
The "Billy the Kid" films starring Buster Crabbe:
- Billy the Kid Wanted (1941)
 - Billy the Kid's Round-Up (1941)
 - Billy the Kid Trapped (1942)
 - Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns (1942)
 - Law and Order (1942)
 - Sheriff of Sage Valley (1942)
 - The Mysterious Rider (1942)
 - The Kid Rides Again (1943)
 - Fugitive of the Plains (1943)
 - Western Cyclone (1943)
 - Cattle Stampede (1943)
 - The Renegade (1943)
 - Blazing Frontier (1943)
 - Devil Riders (1943)
 - Frontier Outlaws (1944)
 - Valley of Vengeance (1944)
 - The Drifter (1944)
 - Fuzzy Settles Down (1944)
 - Rustlers' Hideout (1944)
 - Wild Horse Phantom (1944)
 - Oath of Vengeance (1944)
 - His Brother's Ghost (1945)
 - Thundering Gunslingers (1945)
 - Shadows of Death (1945)
 - Gangster's Den (1945)
 - Stagecoach Outlaws (1945)
 - Border Badmen (1945)
 - Fighting Bill Carson (1945)
 - Prairie Rustlers (1945)
 - Lightning Raiders (1945)
 - Terrors on Horseback (1946)
 - Gentlemen with Guns (1946)
 - Ghost of Hidden Valley (1946)
 - Prairie Badmen (1946)
 - Overland Riders (1946)
 - Outlaws of the Plains (1946)
 
External links
- Gangster's Den at IMDb
 - Gangster's Den is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
 
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