Curtain Call at Cactus Creek

1950 film by Charles Lamont

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Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
Film poster
Directed by	Charles Lamont
Screenplay by	Howard Dimsdale
Story by	Howard Dimsdale Stanley Roberts
Produced by	Robert Arthur
Starring	Donald O'Connor Gale Storm Vincent Price Eve Arden
Cinematography	Russell Metty
Edited by	Frank Gross
Music by	Walter Scharf
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	May 25, 1950 (1950-05-25)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$620,000-$850,000 (est).

Curtain Call at Cactus Creek is a 1950 American Western comedy film starring Donald O'Connor and Gale Storm. In the story, a traveling entertainer (O'Connor) gets mixed up with bank robbers.

Plot

A traveling troupe of entertainers arrives in Cactus Creek, Arizona, to put on a show. The act's stars are singer Lily Martin and her niece Julie and the flamboyant actor Tracy Holland, while a frustrated Eddie Timmons handles the lighting, sound effects and other duties, even though his ambition is to perform on stage. Eddie's in love with Julie.

The bandit Rimrock Thomas turns up with his gang to rob the bank. Rimrock gets an idea while watching Lily Martin perform. He will coincide the robbery with the next show. Rimrock's presence disturbs Eddie and ends up disrupting the performance. When an explosion is heard from the direction of the bank, the audience flees. So do the entertainers, who don't want to give the customers a refund.

Rimrock hides in Eddie's wagon. He decides to keep using the show as a front, teaching Eddie how to become a successful outlaw. Eddie gets caught by a sheriff, but Rimrock has taken a shine to the young man and breaks him out of jail. When he's cornered, Rimrock arranges it so that it appears Eddie is the one who captured him. Eddie collects a $26,000 reward and vows to go straight, but Rimrock expects to see him again very soon.

Cast

Donald O'Connor as Edward Timmons
Gale Storm as Julie Martin
Walter Brennan as Rimrock Thomas
Vincent Price as Tracy Holland
Eve Arden as Lily Martin
Chick Chandler as Ralph
Joe Sawyer as Jake
Harry Shannon as U.S. Marshal Clay
Rex Lease as Yellowstone
I. Stanford Jolley as Pecos

References

"U's $1,470,000 Average Prod Cost Pared to 740G Per Pic in 49". Variety. April 27, 1949. p. 6.

External links

Curtain Call at Cactus Creek at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Charles Lamont
Tomorrow's Youth (1934) Sons of Steel (1934) The Curtain Falls (1934) A Shot in the Dark (1935) False Pretenses (1935) One Run Elmer (1935) The Dark Hour (1936) Below the Deadline (1936) Bulldog Edition (1936) August Weekend (1936) Wallaby Jim of the Islands (1937) International Crime (1938) Slander House (1938) Shadows Over Shanghai (1938) Cipher Bureau (1938) Long Shot (1939) Pride of the Navy (1939) Verbena Tragica (1939) Little Accident (1939) Oh Johnny, How You Can Love (1940) Sandy Is a Lady (1940) Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! (1940) Give Us Wings (1940) San Antonio Rose (1941) Road Agent (1941) Sing Another Chorus (1941) Moonlight in Hawaii (1941) Melody Lane (1941) Don't Get Personal (1942) Almost Married (1942) You're Telling Me (1942) Hi, Neighbor (1942) Get Hep to Love (1942) When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1942) It Comes Up Love (1943) Mister Big (1943) Hit the Ice (1943) Fired Wife (1943) Top Man (1943) Chip Off the Old Block (1944) Her Primitive Man (1944) The Merry Monahans (1944) Bowery to Broadway (1944) Salome, Where She Danced (1945) That's the Spirit (1945) Frontier Gal (1946) The Runaround (1946) Slave Girl (1947) The Untamed Breed (1948) Ma and Pa Kettle (1949) Bagdad (1949) Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950) I Was a Shoplifter (1950) Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950) Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950) Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951) Comin' Round the Mountain (1951) Flame of Araby (1951) Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952) Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953) Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (1953) Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953) Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954) Ricochet Romance (1954) Untamed Heiress (1954) Carolina Cannonball (1955) Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955) Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955) Lay That Rifle Down (1955) The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956) Francis in the Haunted House (1956)

Films directed by Charles Lamont

Tomorrow's Youth (1934)
Sons of Steel (1934)
The Curtain Falls (1934)
A Shot in the Dark (1935)
False Pretenses (1935)
One Run Elmer (1935)
The Dark Hour (1936)
Below the Deadline (1936)
Bulldog Edition (1936)
August Weekend (1936)
Wallaby Jim of the Islands (1937)
International Crime (1938)
Slander House (1938)
Shadows Over Shanghai (1938)
Cipher Bureau (1938)
Long Shot (1939)
Pride of the Navy (1939)
Verbena Tragica (1939)
Little Accident (1939)
Oh Johnny, How You Can Love (1940)
Sandy Is a Lady (1940)
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! (1940)
Give Us Wings (1940)
San Antonio Rose (1941)
Road Agent (1941)
Sing Another Chorus (1941)
Moonlight in Hawaii (1941)
Melody Lane (1941)
Don't Get Personal (1942)
Almost Married (1942)
You're Telling Me (1942)
Hi, Neighbor (1942)
Get Hep to Love (1942)
When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1942)
It Comes Up Love (1943)
Mister Big (1943)
Hit the Ice (1943)
Fired Wife (1943)
Top Man (1943)
Chip Off the Old Block (1944)
Her Primitive Man (1944)
The Merry Monahans (1944)
Bowery to Broadway (1944)
Salome, Where She Danced (1945)
That's the Spirit (1945)
Frontier Gal (1946)
The Runaround (1946)
Slave Girl (1947)
The Untamed Breed (1948)
Ma and Pa Kettle (1949)
Bagdad (1949)
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950)
I Was a Shoplifter (1950)
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950)
Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
Comin' Round the Mountain (1951)
Flame of Araby (1951)
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (1953)
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954)
Ricochet Romance (1954)
Untamed Heiress (1954)
Carolina Cannonball (1955)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
Lay That Rifle Down (1955)
The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956)
Francis in the Haunted House (1956)

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