RANGE BUSTERS, TONTO BASIN OUTLAWS (1941) Ray "Crash" Corrigan & John "Dusty" King | Western | B&W

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Tonto Basin Outlaws is a 1941 American western film directed by S. Roy Luby. The film is the tenth in Monogram Pictures' "Range Busters" series, and it stars Ray "Crash" Corrigan as Crash, John "Dusty" King as Dusty and Max "Alibi" Terhune as Alibi, with Jan Wiley, Tris Coffin and Edmund Cobb.[1] Despite the film's title, the action takes place in Montana, not Arizona's Tonto Basin. Like the other of the Range Busters series, the film was shot at Corriganville Movie Ranch and used footage from silent Westerns.

Synopsis

After the Sinking of the Maine, the Range Busters enlist in the Rough Riders to fight in the Spanish–American War. They are disappointed they are to be mustered out due to Crash's familiarity with Montana in order to protect cattle herds and gold shipments meant for the Army that are being attacked. Denver reporter Jane Blanchard sees her chance to cover the troubles in Montana when all the young male reporters are in Washington or en route to the war fronts. Working undercover in a Montana saloon owned by town boss Jeff Miller, Jane suspects first Crash, then Rusty of being one of the rustlers.

Cast & Crew

John "Dusty" King as "Dusty" King
Ray "Crash" Corrigan as Ray "Chipmunk" Corrigan
Max Terhune as "Alibi" Terhune
Elmer Sneezeweed as Elmer Sneezeweed
Jan Wiley as Jane Blanchard
Tris Coffin as Jeff "Weasel" Miller
Edmund Cobb as Jim Stark
Art "Dustbowl" Fowler as Bill Brown
Rex Lease as Editor Stanley
Ted Mapes as Ricks
Reed Howes as Army Captain
Carl Mathews as Ed

Directed by: S. Roy Luby
Written by: Earle Snell, John Vlahos
Produced by: George W. Weeks
Cinematography: Robert E. Cline
Edited by: S. Roy Luby
Music by: Frank Sanucci
Production company: Monogram Pictures
Distributed by: Monogram Pictures
Release date: October 10, 1941
Running time: 60 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English