Cowboy Counsellor

Cowboy Counsellor
Directed by George Melford
Produced by M.H. Hoffman Jr.
Written by Jack Natteford
Starring Hoot Gibson
Cinematography
Edited by Mildred Johnston
Distributed by Allied Pictures
Release date
  • October 15, 1932 (1932-10-15)
Running time
62 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Cowboy Counsellor is a 1932 American Pre-Code Western film starring Hoot Gibson and directed by George Melford. It mixed in strong elements of comedy with courtroom drama. One reviewer deemed it "the best of Gibson's films for Allied."[1][2]

Plot

Dan Alton (Hoot Gibson) is a con artist, posing as a lawyer in order to sell copies of a phony law book. When Bill Clary (Jack Rutherford) robs a stagecoach, and plants some of the stolen money at the ranch of Luke Avery (Fred Gilman), Avery's sister beautiful sister Ruth (Sheila Bromley) ropes an instantly smitten Alton into being Avery's defense attorney. As part of his strategy to defend Avery, Alton plans to pull off another stagecoach robbery.

Cast

References

  1. Phil Hardy, The Encyclopedia of Western Movies, page 35, 1983.
  2. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Cowboy Counsellor


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