The Arizona Wildcat

The Arizona Wildcat
The Arizona Wildcat
Directed by	Herbert I. Leeds
Written by	Barry Trivers; Jerry Cady
Based on	An original idea; by Frances Hyland and Albert Ray
Produced by	John Stone
Starring	Jane Withers; Leo Carrillo; Pauline Moore; William Henry; Henry Wilcoxon; Douglas Fowley; Etienne Girardot
Cinematography	Lucien Andriot
Edited by	Fred Allen
Music by	Sam Kaylin
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	February 11, 1939;
Running time	69 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Arizona Wildcat is a 1939 American comedy Western film directed by Herbert I. Leeds and starring Leo Carrillo and Jane Withers.

Plot

The orphaned Mary Jane Patterson (Jane Withers) is under the guardianship of Manuel Hernandez (Leo Carrillo), once known as the bandit El Gato, who led a gang of outlaws. Mary Jane wants Hernandez to revive the El Gato gang to rescue the feckless Donald (William "Bill" Henry), the lone survivor of a stage coach robbery engineered by the town's crooked sheriff (Henry Wilcoxon).

It's been a decade since El Gato rode, and Hernandez is now too fat for his bandit costume. Mary Jane aids the rescue by vandalizing the saddles of the sheriff and his posse. When El Gato does rescue Donald, he is arrested. During the ensuing trial, Mary Jane provides special pyrotechnics, and the courtroom is evacuated.

When Mary Jane finds the stash from the stagecoach robbery hidden in the sheriff's office, Hernandez is appointed as the new sheriff.^[1]^[2]

Cast

Leo Carrillo – Manuel Hernandez
Jane Withers – Mary Jane Patterson
Pauline Moore - Caroline Reed
William Henry – Donald Clark
Henry Wilcoxon – Sheriff Richard Baldwin
Douglas Fowley — Rufe Galloway
Etienne Girardot — Judge White

References

^ "The Arizona Wildcat". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. AFI. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
^ P.B (February 11, 1939). "Jane Withers in Western Film". Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Telegraph. p. 9. Retrieved July 25, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

The Arizona Wildcat at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
The Arizona Wildcat at IMDb
The Arizona Wildcat at AllMovie
The Arizona Wildcat at the TCM Movie Database

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[1] "The Arizona Wildcat". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. AFI. Retrieved July 30, 2015.

[2] P.B (February 11, 1939). "Jane Withers in Western Film". Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Telegraph. p. 9. Retrieved July 25, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.

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