Code of the Cactus (1939) DVD [Remastered Edition]

Starring:Tim Mccoy
Studio: Tapeworm
Product Type: DVD

Product Description

Lightenin Bill Carson (Tim McCoy) rides the range again - this time in the guise of a funny talking, fast shooting Mexican Miguel. Summoned by his friend Magpie, a cattle ranch foreman, Carson investigates the theft of cattle by a machine gun totting gang using powerful trucks. Blackton, who outbids Bill Carson for the supply of cattle to the U.S. army, runs the gang. He realizes that theft is his only recourse. Carson infiltrates the gang but is betrayed by a by one of Blacktons men working for Magpie.

Customer Reviews:

Cattle Rustlers.......2006-05-19

I'll admit that I'm a sucker for the old classic westerns and t his one is no exception. In t his case it's cattle rustling that drives the plot and brings the guns out so the White Hats and blow away The Black Hats, but overall it's just a great example of a fun, old school, studio western - without all of the editing you get when they show these films on television. I was very impressed by the quality of the disk and the video transfer.

"The King of B-Westerns & Serials...VCI Entertainment ~ Code of the Cactus (1939)".......2006-02-13

VCI Entertainment and Victory Pictures present "Code of the Cactus"(1939) (Dolby
digitally remastered)...relive those thrilling days from the early '30s and '40s
when drama took us down the dusty trails and the plains to exciting
adventures....some of the best B-Westerns ever to grace the Saturday Matinee
Screen......the Native Americans had no better ambassador than Tim McCoy, a
former Indian language translator in real life...as Tim McCoy speaks
passionately about this country's longtime abuse of its native population by
breaking treaty after treaty...just remember double thrills, chills, mystery and
suspense...hitting the bull's eye with excitement...don't miss any of the Tim
McCoy features loaded with action that will leave you wanting more of his
B-Western adventures

Under director Sam Newfield, producer Sam Katzman, screenplay by Edward Halpern
...the cast include Tim McCoy (Lightning' Bill Carson posing as Miguel), Ben Corbett (Magpie), Dorothy Short (Joan), Ted Adams (Thurston), Alden "Stephen' Chase (James/foreman), Davie O'Brien (Bob Swane), Forrest Taylor (Blackton), Bob Terry (Lefty/gang truck driver), Slim Whitaker (Sheriff Burton), Frank Wayne (Jake/gang truck shotgun). . . . . .our story has our hero Tim McCoy being outbid by Forrest Taylor on cattle contracts...and is Ted Adams our star villain trying to get the best of McCoy...will McCoy bring out that Mexican disguise of his and throw in with all the badmen of this picture....how about Dave O'Brien and Ben Corbett who still think Lightning Bill Carson (McCoy) is the best cowboy star since sliced bread...can we see justice done with all the hard riding, shooting and drama that lies ahead...must admit, have a great fondness for Tim McCoy playing the continued role of a Mexican character, it is a pleasure to watch him in action...well, don't leave the theater you're about to find excitement in the last reel in this over the top sound B-Western.

Special footnote, actor Tim McCoy in real life was a sharpshooter and famed for
his fast draw...was an expert on the Old West also an authority on Indian
folklore could converse in Indian sign language...McCoy was inducted into the
"Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage
Museum" in 1973, also inducted into "The Cowboy Hall of Fame" in 1974.

SPECIAL FEATURES:
BIOS:
1. Tim McCoy (aka: Timothy John Fitzgerald McCoy)
Birth Date: 4/10/1891 - Saginaw, Michigan
Died: 1/29/1978 - Nogales, Arizona

Check out other Tim McCoy titles available on VHS & DVD from VCI:
1. ACES AND EIGHTS
2. ARIZONA BOUND
3. ARIZONA GANGBUSTERS
4. BELOW THE BORDER
5. BULLDOG COURAGE
6. CODE OF THE CACTUS
7. END OF THE TRAIL
8. FIGHTING RENEGADE
9. FORBIDDEN TRAILS
10.GHOST PATROL
11.GHOST TOWN LAW
12.GUN CODE
13.GUNMAN FROM BODIE
14.LIGHTNIN' BILL CARSON
15.LIGHTNING CARSON RIDES AGAIN
16.LION'S DEN
17.OUTLAW DEPUTY
18.PHANTOM RANGER
19.ROARIN' GUNS
20.SIX GUN TRAILS
21.STRAIGHT SHOOTER
22.TEXAS WILCATS
23.WEST OF THE LAW

Ask Amazon.Com to carry the above titles if they are not available as of
yet...you can order and pick up your copy now from VCI Entertainment.. why not
pick up other copies of Tim McCoy features.

In 1941 the "Rough Riders" series began with Buck as Marshal Buck Roberts, Tim
McCoy was Marshal Tim McCall and Raymond Hatton was Marshal Sandy Hopkins for
Monogram Pictures:

1. ARIZONA BOUND (Monogram, 1941)
2. THE GUNMAN FROM BODIE (Monogram, 1941)
3. FORBIDDEN TRAILS (Monogram, 1941)
4. BELOW THE BORDER (Monogram, 1942)
5. GHOST TOWN LAW (Monogram, 1942)
6. DOWN TEXAS WAY (Monogram, 1942)
7. RIDERS OF THE WEST (Monogram, 1942)
8. WEST OF THE LAW (Monogram, 1942)

Great job by VCI Entertainment for releasing "Code of the Cactus" (1939), the
digital transfere with a clean, clear and crisp print...looking forward to more
high quality releases from the vintage serial era of the '20s, '30s & '40s and
B-Westerns...order your copy now from Amazon or VCI Entertainment where there
are plenty of copies available on DVD and VHS, stay tuned once again for top
notch action mixed with deadly adventure from the "King of Serials" VCI...just
the way we like 'em

Total Time: 56 min on DVD/VHS ~ VCI Entertainment #7269~ (11/08/2000)

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Code of the Cactus

Manufacturer: Customflix
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

Description

starring Colonel Tim McCoy (1939) When Blackthorn underbids Bill Carson (McCoy), Bill suspects that the bad guy can only be rustling cattle at that price. He poses as a Mexican and infiltrates the gang, but his identity is soon revealed and he's in real trouble. Tex Ralph's Westerns #42 B-Westerns strongly evoked traditional American values - honesty, courage, hard work, fair play, and that a good little man can always kick the butt of a bad big man. In the darkness of the theater and afterwards, out in the Saturday afternoon sunlight playing cowboys and Indians, long before political correctness changed the name of our favorite boyhood game, we knew we were right and lived in the greatest land of all... because Gene and Roy and Hoppy and all our other heroes said so and showed us how to live a good moral life by riding hard, drawing fast, and never, EVER stealing a horse or rustling a cow. "Tex Ralph's Westerns" is a weekly TV show on cable channel 20, URTV, in Asheville, North Carolina. Author Ralph Roberts chooses exciting B-Westerns and hosts each episode. Currently there are 53 movies in this series, all available on DVD.

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