Saddle Legion

Saddle Legion
Directed by Lesley Selander
Produced by Herman Schlom
Starring Tim Holt
Dorothy Malone
Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures
Release dates
  • April 20, 1951 (1951-04-20) (US)[1]
Country United States
Language English

Saddle Legion is a 1951 Western film starring Tim Holt.[2][3] It co-starred Dorothy Malone, who was one of Holt's most prestigious co-stars.[4] She was borrowed from Warner Bros..[5]

According to Tom Stempel, Malone was "the most interesting actress" to appear in a Tim Holt Western:

The other women in the B westerns tended to be cute rather than sexy, but Malone’s look and voice were sex personified. So when Chito flirts with her Ann, Malone is way beyond that kind of B western cuteness... Malone’s sexual presence upsets the usual dynamics of the B westerns, and the filmmakers may have realized that Malone’s Ann would have eaten Martin’s Chito alive... [In the final scene] As he and Tim leave to take the cattle to market, Chito says to Ann, “You make sure you wait until I come back.” Since the end of the Holt westerns usually involved Chito running or riding away from girl who wants to marry him, the ending of Saddle Legion is a little more adult.[6]

References

  1. "Saddle Legion: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
  2. Saddle Legion at TCMDB
  3. Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, The RKO Story. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p256
  4. Martin, Lewis Hitting Fast Film Stride; Jock O'Mahoney Series Star Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 13 July 1950: B9.
  5. FOX WILL REMAKE 'BERKELEY SQUARE': Studio Plans New Version of Balderston's Play--Tyrone Power to Have Lead Of Local Origin By THOMAS F. BRADY Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES.. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 13 July 1950: 31.
  6. http://offscreen.com/view/tim-holt-and-the-b-western

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