Cowboy Counsellor

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]

Cowboy Counsellor
Directed byGeorge Melford
Produced byM.H. Hoffman Jr.
Written byJack Natteford
StarringHoot Gibson
Cinematography
Edited byMildred Johnston
Distributed byAllied Pictures
Release date
  • October 15, 1932 (1932-10-15)
Running time
62 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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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