Panhandle (1948)
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Regarded by some film buffs as the best of director Leslie Selander's many westerns, Panhandle stars Rod Cameron as an ex-lawman turned gunslinger. He hopes to bury his past and homestead in Texas, but his plans change when his newspaper-reporter brother (John Champion) is killed. Reluctantly,… More Regarded by some film buffs as the best of director Leslie Selander's many westerns, Panhandle stars Rod Cameron as an ex-lawman turned gunslinger. He hopes to bury his past and homestead in Texas, but his plans change when his newspaper-reporter brother (John Champion) is killed. Reluctantly, Cameron buckles on his gun belt and heads out for retribution against crooked gambler Reed Hadley. Making his screenwriting debut, Blake Edwards (who also coproduced the film and played a small supporting role) does his best to steer free of cliches, structuring his script in the manner of the detective stories Edwards had been churning out for radio. No mere B picture, Panhandle was permitted to unspool at an "A" length of 84 minutes. To further assure audience approval, Blake Edwards rewrote the ending, in which hero Rod Cameron had originally been killed off. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Lesley Selander
- Genres
- Western
Unrated,
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Cast
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Rod Cameron
as John Sands
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Cathy Downs
as Dusty Stewart
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Reed Hadley
as Matt Carson
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Anne Gwynne
as June O'Carroll
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Blake Edwards
as Floyd Schofield
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Dick Crockett
as Elliott
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Rory Mallinson
as Sheriff
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Charles Judels
as Barber
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Alex Gerry
as McBride
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Francis McDonald
as Crump
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John Farrell MacDonald
as Doc Cooper
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Henry Hall
as Wells
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Stanley Andrews
as Tyler
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Jeff York
as Jack
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James Harrison
as Harland
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Charles La Torre
as Juan
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Frank Dae
as Regan
- Bud Osborne
