The Devil's Saddle Legion

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Dick Foran, Anne Nagel, and Smoke in The Devil's Saddle Legion (1937)

Tal is in a lot of trouble. Seems that his father has been murdered while he was in Montana and they put the blame on him. Also, he has been framed and sentenced to 10 years hard labor for a... Read allTal is in a lot of trouble. Seems that his father has been murdered while he was in Montana and they put the blame on him. Also, he has been framed and sentenced to 10 years hard labor for another murder which he did not do. The crooks need convict labor to build the dam so they ... Read allTal is in a lot of trouble. Seems that his father has been murdered while he was in Montana and they put the blame on him. Also, he has been framed and sentenced to 10 years hard labor for another murder which he did not do. The crooks need convict labor to build the dam so they convict innocent people for a pool of cheap labor. But Karan believes that Tal, using the ... Read all

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Dick Foran

Tal Holladay
(as Dick Foran the Singing Cowboy)

Anne Nagel

Karan Ordley

Smoke

Smoke, Tal's Horse
(as Smoke the Wonder Horse)

Willard Parker

Hub Ordley

Gordon Hart

John Ordley

Ernie Stanton

Reggie

Max Hoffman Jr.

Butch

Jeff York

Chris Madden
(as Granville Owen)

Glenn Strange

Peewee
(as Glen Strange)

Carlyle Moore Jr.

Chip Carter

John 'Skins' Miller

Spooks Wilkins

Frank Orth

Judge Barko

Jack Mower

Slats Dawson

Milton Kibbee

Spane
(as Mil Kibbee)

George Chesebro

Red Frayne

Charles Le Moyne

Caliope
(as Charles LeMoyne)

Ray Bennett

Sheriff Duke Gorman
(as Raphael Bennett)

Dick Botiller

Choctaw
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Film debut of Willard Parker.

Crazy credits
Opening credits are shown on square pieces of parchment paper.

Connections
Referenced in Comet Over Broadway (1938)

Soundtracks
My Texas Home
(uncredited)
Music by M.K. Jerome
Lyrics by Jack Scholl
Played over the opening credits
Sung by Dick Foran in the first scene

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4/10

Diverting the Red River

Bearing in mind that films like The Devil's Saddle Legion were marketed for the Saturday afternoon kiddie trade, still I had a lot of problems with this Dick Foran oater from Warner Brothers.

Foran is a pleasant chap come home to Texas and not knowing yet that his father has been bushwhacked and killed. He gets framed for murder of yet another old friend by a crooked sheriff. But in this town the sentence is always one of hard labor. And the crooks have a nefarious scheme to dam up the Red River and steal Texas land when the river changes course and puts said land into the Indian territory later Oklahoma. That includes Foran's former spread.

I have to say though Foran is a true cowboy hero. While working on the construction gang he saves the girl Anne Nagel when her horse bolts. Quick as a flash he steals a horse and runs down the runaway and saves Nagel. So what does he then do? He takes her back to the gang where once again he's slapped in custody. I mean, really. I'll bet the Saturday matinee kids had trouble swallowing that one.

Definitely not one of Foran's better westerns for Warner Brothers.