Shadows of Death

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Buster Crabbe and Al St. John in Shadows of Death (1945)

With the railroad coming to Red Rock, trouble is expected and Billy has been sent ot help his friend Fuzzy who is the town's Sheriff, Judge, and barber. When the man that sent Billy is murde... Read allWith the railroad coming to Red Rock, trouble is expected and Billy has been sent ot help his friend Fuzzy who is the town's Sheriff, Judge, and barber. When the man that sent Billy is murdered and the railroad location map stolen, broken match sticks point to Vic Landreau. While... Read allWith the railroad coming to Red Rock, trouble is expected and Billy has been sent ot help his friend Fuzzy who is the town's Sheriff, Judge, and barber. When the man that sent Billy is murdered and the railroad location map stolen, broken match sticks point to Vic Landreau. While Billy tries to find the missing map, Landreau suspects Billy is on to him and plans to ha... Read all

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Buster Crabbe

Billy Carson

Al St. John

Fuzzy Q. Jones
(as Al 'Fuzzy' St. John)

Dona Dax

Babs Darcy

Charles King

Steve Landreau

Karl Hackett

Dave Hanley

Eddie Hall

Clay Kincaid
(as Edward Hall)

Frank Ellis

Henchman Frisco

John Cason

Henchman Butch
(as Bob Cason)

Jimmy Aubrey

Town Drunk
(uncredited)

Jack Baxley

Sheriff
(uncredited)

Buster Brodie

Bald Man Getting Haircut
(uncredited)

Budd Buster

Man Getting Beard Trimmed
(uncredited)

Rube Dalroy

Townsman
(uncredited)

Art Dillard

Poker Player
(uncredited)

Jack Evans

Checkers Player
(uncredited)

Herman Hack

Barfly
(uncredited)

Jack Hendricks

Townsman
(uncredited)

George Huggins

Townsman
(uncredited)

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Trivia
The earliest documented telecasts of this film occurred in Los Aneles Monday 31 January 1949 on KTTV (Channel 11) and in both New York City and in Baltimore Sunday 10 April 1949 on WCBS (Channel 2) and on WMAR (Channel 2).

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4/10

Least Of The Series : Crabbe And St. John Have Done Better

In this long in the tooth episode in Producers Releasing Corporation's Billy Carson series, Carson and sidekick Fuzzy Jones (this time working as a barber/justice of the peace) investigate the murder of a railroad man carrying secret plans for a railroad line.

Shadows Of Death is a great title but the film itself is just plain awful. There's lots of hair-cutting, talking, and hanging around but little action. Billy and Fuzzy's sleuthing is pretty yawn inducing this go around.

The best thing about this is the climactic fist fight at the end.

Charles King (who's always good) plays the fat cat villain for the umpteenth time. This guy seems to come back more than Freddy Krueger!

Watch some of Crabbe's earlier pictures instead.