Panhandle
SEE The fiercest man-to-man fight ever caught on film! The last, wild stand of the Panhandle outlaws! The women who were more than a match for Texas badmen!
1948 | 85m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Lesley Selander |
|---|---|
| Writer: | Blake Edwards, John C. Champion |
| Staring: |
| An ex-gunfighter woos two women while avenging his brother, victim of a crooked gambler. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 22, 1948 |
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| Director: | Lesley Selander |
| Writer: | Blake Edwards, John C. Champion |
| Genres: | Western |
| Keywords | gunfighter |
| Production Companies | Allied Artists Pictures, Champion-Edwards Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Rod Cameron | John Sands |
| Cathy Downs | Jean 'Dusty' Stewart |
| Reed Hadley | Matt Garson |
| Anne Gwynne | June O'Carroll |
| Blake Edwards | Floyd Schofield |
| Henry Hall | Wells |
| Dick Crockett | Elliott Crockett |
| Rory Mallinson | Sheriff Jim |
| Charles Judels | Botticelli - the Barber |
| Alex Gerry | Raven McBride |
| Francis McDonald | Crump |
| J. Farrell MacDonald | Doc Cooper |
| Stanley Andrews | Tyler |
| Jeff York | Jack |
| Charles La Torre | Juan |
| Frank Dae | Regan |
| James Harrison | Harland |
| Billy Wayne | Gambler |
| Trevor Bardette | Barber Customer (uncredited) |
| Ivan Bell | Barfly (uncredited) |
| Buck Bucko | Barfly (uncredited) |
| Roy Bucko | Barfly (uncredited) |
| Wheaton Chambers | Cabot (uncredited) |
| Ben Corbett | Old Man (uncredited) |
| Rube Dalroy | Barfly (uncredited) |
| Tex Driscoll | Townsman (uncredited) |
| Tom Fadden | Mac - Horse Seller (uncredited) |
| John Frawley | Cowhand (uncredited) |
| Michael Gaddis | Townsman (uncredited) |
| Herman Hack | Bartender (uncredited) |
| Neal Hart | Barfly (uncredited) |
| Herbert Heywood | Neill (uncredited) |
| Ray Jones | Barfly (uncredited) |
| Charles Jordan | Rancher (uncredited) |
| Billy Kimbley | Boy at Hotel (uncredited) |
| Louis Mason | Pop Jenkins (uncredited) |
| Frank Mayo | Poker Player (uncredited) |
| Mathew McCue | Barfly (uncredited) |
| Tom Monroe | Poker Player (uncredited) |
| Lew Morphy | Ed (uncredited) |
| George Morrell | Townsman (uncredited) |
| Artie Ortego | Bartender (uncredited) |
| Bud Osborne | Wagon Train Driver (uncredited) |
| Jack Perry | Barfly (uncredited) |
| Hank Patterson | Old Timer (uncredited) |
| Bud Rae | Barfly (uncredited) |
| Jack Roper | Barfly (uncredited) |
| Tony Roux | Pedro - Mexican at Road Station (uncredited) |
| Frank J. Scannell | Sandy (uncredited) |
| Charles Soldani | Barfly (uncredited) |
| Cap Somers | Bartender (uncredited) |
| Guy Teague | Heavy (uncredited) |
| Rosa Turich | Mexican Woman (uncredited) |
| Wally Walker | Hotel Clerk (uncredited) |
| Anthony Warde | Kenney (uncredited) |
| Lee 'Lasses' White | Old Man Bush (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Blake Edwards | Writer |
| Lesley Selander | Director |
| John C. Champion | Writer |
| Rex Dunn | Original Music Composer |
| Harry Neumann | Director of Photography |
| Richard V. Heermance | Editor |
| Dave Milton | Art Direction |
| Raymond Boltz Jr. | Set Decoration |
| Vin Taylor | Set Decoration |
| Frank Fox | Assistant Director |
| Harry Lewis | Grip |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Blake Edwards | Producer |
| John C. Champion | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 5 |
| 2024 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 2 |
| 2024 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 3 |
| 2024 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 2 |
| 2024 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Trending Position
John Sands: Even Billy the Kid backed down from him! Panhandle is directed by Leslie Selander and written by John C. Champion and Blake Edwards. It stars Rod Cameron, Cathy Downs, Reed Hadley, Anne Gwynne, Blake Edwards, Dick Crockett and Rory Mallinson. Music is by Rex Dunn and cinematography by ... Harry Neumann. John Sands (Cameron) has to return to his gunfighter ways when news reaches him that his brother has been murdered... Filmed in Sepiatone and a little more serious than many other 1940's Westerns, Panhandle is a satisfying experience for genre enthusiasts. Formula is rife as we would come to know it in Oaters, though, as picture ticks off the check list: badman turned good who is forced to turn bad again for revenge, romance tingling in the air, quick draw shoot-outs, punch-up, weasel villain and his hired cronies, poker games with the inevitable cheat called out and the "hooray" finale. All of which is nicely directed and performed by the cast. The location scenery doesn't get much chance to shine through, and in truth the Sepiatone does little to improve the picture, but this is easily recommended to the Western faithful. 7/10
Randolph Scott lookalike Rod Cameron is "Sands", a former lawman who travels to a Texas town to investigate the shooting of his newspaper-man brother. Upon arrival, he quickly discovers the town, indeed the territory, under the heel of "Matt Garson" (Reed Hadley). With the help of his secretary "Dus ... ty" (Cathy Downs) he vows to avenge his brother's death. It's quite eerily shot - much of the action takes place at night, in torrential rain, but the story is all just a bit too well travelled, and neither the actors nor the script offer much by way of innovation. This is still a perfectly watchable B-feature that dawdles for the first half hour before finally picking up just enough speed to hold the attention. It's too long - but then films were frequently elongated to accommodate the paying public's appetite for cinema, rather than because the story justified it.