Santa Fe Saddlemates

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Sunset Carson in Santa Fe Saddlemates (1945)

Governor Price sends Sunset Carson to investigate a smuggling ring which is baffling the Border Patrol. Newspaper woman Ann Morton is working incognito in the saloon waiting for a break on t... Read allGovernor Price sends Sunset Carson to investigate a smuggling ring which is baffling the Border Patrol. Newspaper woman Ann Morton is working incognito in the saloon waiting for a break on the smuggling story. By posing as an expected outlaw named Brazos Kane, Sunset becomes a me... Read allGovernor Price sends Sunset Carson to investigate a smuggling ring which is baffling the Border Patrol. Newspaper woman Ann Morton is working incognito in the saloon waiting for a break on the smuggling story. By posing as an expected outlaw named Brazos Kane, Sunset becomes a member of the gang. Ann discovers his real identity and purpose but conceals her knowledge, ... Read all

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Sunset Carson

Sunset Carson

Linda Stirling

Ann Morton

Olin Howland

Aloysius J. Philpots
(as Olin Howlin)

Roy Barcroft

John Gant

Bud Geary

Spur Brannon

Kenne Duncan

Brazos Kane

George Chesebro

Fred Loder

Robert J. Wilke

Rawhide
(as Bob Wilke)

Henry Wills

Denver

Forbes Murray

Inspector Burke

Frank Jaquet

Governor

Johnny Carpenter

Mills
(as Josh Carpenter)

Rex Lease

Smiley

Chris Allen

Barfly
(uncredited)

John Bose

Barfly
(uncredited)

Buck Bucko

Townsman
(uncredited)

Horace B. Carpenter

Town Lamplighter
(uncredited)

Edmund Cobb

Patrolman
(uncredited)

Directors
- Thomas Carr
- Yakima Canutt
Writer
- Bennett Cohen
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frontrowkid2002

Three fights at the beginning

The beginning of Sante Fe Saddlemates packed more action in the first five minutes than most westerns of this period. Sunset Carson has to fight three men, one after the other, in order to prove his worthiness as an undercover agent. A similar scene was later used in a Lash Larue film at PRC. Some of the gunfight scenes from Sante Fe Saddlemates were used in the opening of Sunset's Western Theater for PBS. Made in 1945, the film helped establish Sunset as a leading western star at Republic. His country boy smile and rugged figure made him popular among young girls and grown women alike. In some parts of the South, Sunset is said to have drawn more fan mail than Roy Rogers.

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A pommel full of diamonds??

Governor Price sends SUNSET CARSON to investigate a smuggling ring which is baffling the Border Patrol. Newspaper woman Ann Morton (LINDA STIRLING) is working incognito in the saloon waiting for a break on the smuggling story. By posing as an expected outlaw named Brazos Kane, Sunset becomes a member of the gang. Ann discovers his real identity and purpose but conceals her knowledge, even from him.

The last ten minutes of this lively western is pure high energy action filled with chases, leaping off rooftops, and exciting and never ending fight between Carson and Roy Barcroft (the villain of the piece, of course). The rest of the film is well-plotted and packed some humour and a little intrigue. Linda Sterling as the saloon lady is charming.