Man's Land

Director: Phil Rosen Phil Rosen

Overview

In his fourth of six inexpensive Westerns for Allied Pictures in 1932, veteran cowboy ace Hoot Gibson played a foreman inheriting his place of employment along with the late owner's daughter (Marion Shilling). She finds him uncouth and not worth her while at first, but hatred of a common enemy, unscrupulous banker Robert Ellis, brings them together.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/15/2012
UPC:	0089218677297
Original Release:	1932
Source:	Alpha Video
Language:	English
Sales rank:	58,594

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Hoot Gibson	Tex Mason
Marion Shilling	Peggy Turner
Ethel Wales	Flossie Doolittle
Robert Ellis	Actor,ranch hand
Skeeter Bill Robbins	Actor,Skeeter
Alan Bridge	Actor,Steve Cook
Charles King	Joe
Hal Burney	Actor
William Nye	Actor,Pudge
Merrill McCormack	Actor
Slim Whitaker	rustler
Fred Gilman	deputy
Hank Bell	ranch hand
Glenn Strange	ranch hand
Charles French	sheriff
Bud Osborne	rustler

Technical Credits

M.H. Hoffman Jr.	Producer
Phil Rosen	Director

Editorial Reviews

A fairly amusing Hoot Gibson oater, A Man's Land was penned by the prolific Adele Buffinton, who borrowed certain plot devices from her earlier The Phantom City, a 1928 Ken Maynard vehicle remade with John Wayne in 1932 as Haunted Gold. Comedy relief was provided by longtime Gibson associate Roy "Skeeter Bill" Robbins as a lovesick ranch hand, and Ethel Wales as the heroine's aunt. Yet another Gibson protégé, Fred Gilman, appeared briefly as a deputy sheriff. Happily, A Man's Land is without the stereotypical African-American "humor" that today makes both The Phantom City and Haunted Gold difficult to watch for modern audiences.

All Movie Guide - Hans J. Wollstein