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Plot

Singing cowboy Smith Ballew is the nominal star of Rawhide, but the audience only had eyes for Ballew's co-star: baseball-great Lou Gehrig, in his one-and-only screen appearance. Gehrig plays "himself"-that is, he's a rancher named Lou Gehrig. Pressured by crooks to give up his spread, Gehrig, his sister (Evelyn Knapp) and cowboy-lawyer Ballew inspire the neighboring ranchers to form a united front. During a climactic fist-fight in a pool hall, Gehrig utilizes his pitching skills to subdue the villains. A fan of B westerns in real life, Gehrig does his best to fit into the proceedings of Rawhide; his acting is strictly from hunger, but he does possess an imposing physique and an eagerness to the please the filmgoers.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Westerns
Run Time:
60min.
DVD Release Date:
08/31/2004
Distributor(s):
20th Century Fox
Director(s):
Ray Taylor
Starring:
Smith Ballew , Lou Gehrig , Evelyn Knapp , Arthur Loft , Carl Stockdale
Themes:
Cattle Ranchers,Taming the West,Ranchers
Tone:
Rousing,Tense
Keywords:
bar [pub],captor,conflict,criminal,lawyer,outlaw [Western],rackets [corruption],ranch
Language:
English